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Binding Agents, a new culinary bookstore featuring cookbooks and food-related literature for all ages, hosted its grand opening day and party last Friday at 908 Christian St. in the 9th St. Italian Market, Philadelphia, Pa.
Describing the opening as "an amazing and delicious celebration, with well over 200 cookbook lovers coming through my tiny shop," owner Catie Gainor said, "Guests enjoyed hour-long flash sales on specific books and publishers, a very popular prize wheel featuring free gifts (such as mini spatulas and vintage cookbooks) and coupons to local businesses, and an apéro hour from 4-6 p.m. that included snacks, drinks and a sensational cake from local pastry pop-up Bask Bakery. (The cake flavor, in case you're interested and because I loved it: corn-vanilla cake layers, concord grape jam and a brown butter Swiss meringue frosting.)
"The beautiful fall weather and festivities continued into Saturday, with many more culinary enthusiasts and passers by stopping in to check out our curated selection of cookbooks, book books and gifts."
The bookstore specializes in cookbooks, offering an extensive collection of contemporary and classic titles for experienced chefs, aspiring home cooks, eager eaters and everyone in between. Binding Agents also offers "a carefully curated selection of food-focused reads, including delicious memoirs, craveable fiction, savory (and unsavory) history and scrumptious books for kids."
Author signings, classes, cookbook clubs, and events held at the shop and partner locations are also part of the offerings. In August, Gainor launched an Indiegogo campaign to help launch the new business that raised more than $23,000.