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philly’s cook/book shop

Get ready for a readable feast!

 

Binding Agents is Philly’s bookshop for cooks and eaters!

Located in South Philly’s culinary epicenter, the 9th Street Italian Market, we’ll be your go-to source for new cookbooks and food-focused reads, plus gifts and goods for making, serving and enjoying. We’re independent, women-owned, fun & funky.

The party starts in October! Check out our upcoming events below, support us by backing our Indiegogo campaign for opening inventory and shopping our storefront on Bookshop.org.


 

Location

908 Christian St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147

GRAND OPENING in October!

A series of stellar events will lead up to an official opening day and shop-warming party on 10/18. Details below.

Get delicious reads shipped right to your door!

Shopping our virtual shelves—or any book you like—via Bookshop.org supports Binding Agents at no additional cost to you. Here’s just one of our curated lists, featuring cookbooks and food-focused reads with a tie to our fair city.

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DRUMROLL PLEEEEEEEASE!! Opening month approacheth, and we now have an official grand opening date with some staggeringly cool lead-up events! Here’s the scoop: Oct. 7 - Talk & signing with @milkandcardamom at the shop (link in bio to RSVP)
A crowdfunding update, a plea, NEW PERKS! You’re a reader, so you know what preordering means for books. Let’s do it for the shop. I’m floored and so grateful to be over halfway to our funding goal—and I’m stoked to shar
Cook/Book Bingo season is officially open, gang! I closed out the holiday weekend with friends by filling my first square, “new-to-you cuisine,” with a table full of festive dishes from the lovely and accessible AfriCali from @kianomoju.
Today is (would be / would have been) my mom’s birthday. She loved to cook and, more importantly, welcome everyone to her table. She’s not here anymore, but the table still is. And I want it to be full, loud, weird and wonderful. Hence, B
There will be books! There will be cake! There will be monsters! There will be bingo cards! Most importantly, there will be an OPEN DOOR! Don’t miss your first and last chance to come see the shop in progress before it opens to the public in Oc
Surreal few days tbh! And the grid was literally made to memorialize these moments, who am I to deny her? Links in News highlight 🩵 with thanks to Ali and Hira for lovely conversations and their excitement for the shop.
They’re here!! Cook/Book Bingo boards are officially in the house and ready for you to snag on @phillybookcrawl day. ➡️ for the “rules.” Bingo submissions will open September 1, but if you want to get a head start, who am I to stop
My very first ARC (advance reading copy) is here!! I can’t tell you how psyched I am for @margareteby’s You Gotta Eat to hit shelves in November. I could tell within seconds of opening the proof I’ll be eagerly pushing this one into
 

In the news

 
 

Binding Agents featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Binding Agents featured in Billy Penn/WHYY

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 contact us

hello@bindingagentsphilly.com | (267) 255-3811