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No. 1  →    We are  E  X  P  A  N  D  I  N G   + opening S U M M E R   2 0 2 1.   This project is being driven by customer investments and donations. Wanna help? Buy a dinner, class, gift card, or make a donation.  If you are interested in investing on a larger scale, email [email protected]. We are so grateful. 

  A HUGE WARM THANK YOU  to everyone who has reached out and invested so far. We are extremely moved by your generosity and can't wait to welcome you into the new space. 

No. 2  →   The Bodhitree Produce Bags have TOMATOES this week. Preordering is a good idea! Also, we will be closed July 4th weekend, so feel free to stock up!

No. 3  →   Pre-order your Archie Tee in our sold-out sizes! Stockpile! Totes too!

No. 4  →   Breaking into Food Writing with Devra Ferst, starts up July 21! Limited spots avail!

No. 5  →   Made you another weird playlist in the wee hours of the morning! No. 5 / BREAKFAST BEFORE BREAKFAST on Spotify. Now go put it on and clean the house! 

No. 6  →   Interested in joining the Archestratus team? We are looking for kitchen folk! Send an email with a resume and a lil bit about yourself. Pass it along to the sandwich artists and servers in your orbit! 

No. 7  →   Take note! We will be CLOSED on Saturday JUL 3 + Sunday JUL 4. 

CLIPPED of the WEEK

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Clip from The Virgin Suicides (1999). Calling it Pie Mistake. (You may or may not be able to hear a little laughter during this screen grab...whoopsy). Pretty dark. Enjoy!

RECIPE

The 'Alternative Wine Aroma Wheel' from our Cookbook Club pick of the month Wine from another Galaxy by Noble Rot. Even if you don't buy the book, come join us! We are doing this one in person, too! BYOBottle of Wine to share. We will have a tasting. Details below.

COMMUNITY COOKBOOK COMMITEE

GENERAL BODY MEETINGWED JULY 14 → 6p to 7pJoin us as we build a community around building community cookbooks! Our community cookbooks will be collections of recipes, art, essays, etc. submitted by members of the Archestratus community. We will employ the pamphlet/zine model of quick and urgent production to fundraise as much $$$ and share as much info to our friends and neighbors as possible! Look out for our first issue Fire, Cook with Us in the not-so-distant future! Learn more here. Want to be a part of the reading/editing/compiling team that makes this all happen? Issue one is well underway and we have things for anyone that wants to do them! Email us to be added to the Google Group.

COMMUNITY HANGS

FOOD ALONE WAS NOT ENOUGHALL the WEDNESDAYS → 8p to 9pHere is a virtual space for us to share on a weekly basis. We miss you and we want to know how you are. The big concept of these meetings is that we all get to be together again!

If it's Wednesday, head over at 8pm to this Zoom link. 

BOOK CLUBS (IN PERSON)

  COOKBOOK CLUB JULY 22 → 7p to 8:15p  Cook (or rather drink) through Noble Rot Wine from Another Galaxy by Dan Keeling during June & July and drop by our virtual space with your favorite dish on JULY 22nd — all are welcome! It's a potluck party! It's mad civilized! It gives us a monthly dose of hope for the universe!

BUY THE BOOK for 20% off  CLICK HERE FOR: EVENT LINK

  BOOKBOOK CLUB JULY 15 → 7p to 8:15p  Every six-ish weeks we read a new memoir, a collection of essays, novel, or anything else we find interesting that somehow, in a big or small way, relates to food. Then we discuss. Read through Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner through JUNE and JULY and join us in our virtual space on JULY 15TH!

BUY THE BOOK for 20% off  CLICK HERE FOR: EVENT LINK

ALL DOMANI's PARTIES

HOW IT WORKS →By purchasing a ticket FROM THE FUTURE you now have first dibs on this (as far as we can predict) Fall/Winter 2021 event at the shop. When the time is right and the dates are set, we will be in touch about scheduling your event. We will make several evenings available to choose from so you don't have to worry about not being able to make it on a certain date. There is no expiration to redeem. 

A Timballo Dinner from the FUTURE  We used to make Timballo up the wazoo! An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Si, one of those courses is dessert. Big winter salad, massive slice of Timballo, something sweet to finish.

An In Person Rainbow Cookie Class from the FUTURE  In 3 friggin hours I will teach you how to make killer rainbows and you'll go home with a dozen of them! Looking forward to seeing all you there :) Ingredients + cawfee + and an arancine to snack on included.  Each class will be limited to 10 people.

A Sicilian Vegan Night from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, and something else with other things, and something sweet to finish.

A Sicilian Dinnah from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, and something else with other things, and something sweet to finish.

   A Dinner with a Pop-Up Chef from the FUTURE  An evening of incredible food likely inspired by somebody's grandmother! Three-ish courses cooked by one of our incredible pop-up chefs TBD! 

An In Person Arancine Class from the FUTURE   In 2 friggin hours I will teach you how to make killer arancine and you'll go home with a bunch of them! Looking forward to seeing all of you there :) Ingredients + lotsa glasses of beer and wine included.  Each class will be limited to 10 people. BYO italian accent.

A Gift Card from the FUTURE  Treat this card as CASH. Gift cards are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees. O, and it's not really from the future, you may use it immediately. Thank you so much for your support!

  A Chicken Parm Dinner from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, a nice slab of parm with spaghetti, and something sweet to finish.

  An Eggplant Parm Dinner from the FUTURE  An evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna. Three-ish courses cooked by Archestratus owner Paige Lipari. Big salad, somethin' else, a nice slab of parm with spaghetti, and something sweet to finish.

We'll be back soon. In the meantime, listen to our latest food-filled Spotify Playlist, or subscribe + watch our YouTube Channel + this here video: