PHILLY’S CULINARY BOOKSTORE

READERS & EATERS WELCOME

BINDING AGENTS IS PHILLY’S ONLY COOKBOOK SHOP

Nestled in Philadelphia’s culinary epicenter, the 9th Street Italian Market, Binding Agents is a book store for anyone who loves food. Founded in 2024, our shop specializes in cookbooks, offering an extensive collection of contemporary and classic titles for experienced chefs, aspiring home cooks, eager eaters who hate turning on the oven, and everyone in between. We also carry a carefully curated selection of food-focused reads, including delicious memoirs, craveable fiction, savory (and unsavory) history and scrumptious books for kids.

You can expect author signings, classes, cookbook clubs and events held at the shop and partner locations.

Whether you’re looking for the latest cookbook release for yourself or gifts for others who love making, serving and enjoying, Binding Agents is a go-to resource. Plus, we’re independent, women-owned, fun & funky. We can’t wait to host you!

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Can’t come to the shop in-person? Shop our virtual shelves. Your purchase supports the shop through a generous commission (at no additional cost to you), thanks to Bookshop.org’s mission to support independent bookstores.

CLICK HERE TO SHOP ONLINE VIA BOOKSHOP.ORG

IN THE NEWS

HOURS

Sunday - 11AM to 3PM

Monday - Closed

Tuesday - By Appointment*

Wednesday - 10:30AM to 5:30PM

Thursday - 10:30AM to 5:30PM

Friday - 10:30AM to 5:30PM

Saturday - 11AM to 5PM

[To make an appointment, please email us!]

 Follow us on Instagram | @bindingagents

May's Cookbook Club celebrated Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander month with a glorious feast of recipes by AANHPI authors! In the company of amazing author friends @carochoe (BANCHAN) and @pooja_bavishi_ (MALAI), we dug into dishe
Why not use your reluctant indoor time this weekend to plan a RIP ROARING June at BA?? We're drinking egg creams and talking retro recipes with @thisfellow. We're examining the food of Shakespeare's time and works with @rare_cooking. We're solving
Our most requested event (by far!) is back! We’re hosting another cookbook swap with our friends @jetwinebar: 📅 Wednesday, 5/13 | 5-7pm (rain date 5/27) 📍 The Garden at Jet Wine Bar (1525 South Street) 🍷 Happy hour specials galore 🎟️ No
🍕 LOCAL AUTHOR DEMO ALERT! 🍕 The great @peggypaulcasella [OG friend of the shop, cookbook author times many, pizza expert] is coming back to Binding Agents on 5/12, this time for a PIZZA DOUGH DEMO. If you think making pizza at home is complicate
Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, April 25, and THE BA PRIZE WHEEL IS OUT! We'll be spinning the wheel with every purchase, offering 10% off all "book books," loading up Francois the sale cart with even more discounted titles, raf
Hear ye, hear ye! *RINGS BELL AGGRESSIVELY* It's all happening at BA this spring! 🧁4/21 - Whisk & Wisdom | An evening of pastry, purpose, and joy with the @inkindbakingproject and their special guest Elizbaeth Halen of @flyingmonkeyphilly. ?
Little tour of some of the signed books currently gracing our shelves! (For the anti-sticker among you: a blast with a hair dryer released them in a snap.)