Cookbook Swap & Aperitivo Hour
1741 Mass Ave, Cambridge (former Dear Annie space)

Bring a cookbook you're done with. Leave with one you're not.

Join us for an evening of cookbook trading and socializing. Bring something off your shelf—the one from that aspirational moment when you were sure you were up for French pâtisserie, perhaps—and swap it for someone else's foray into fish butchery. Spritz in hand, chitchat encouraged.

We'll be pouring aperitivo-style drinks: bitter, bubbly, built for a few hours of standing around and talking about food (non-alcohol options available). We'll be serving a spread of cheeses and charcuterie.

What to bring: One cookbook, gently used, in trade-worthy condition—seasonally appropriate cookbooks are encouraged, as we're hoping to make this an ongoing event. Please no diet-oriented or allergy-specific books.
What to expect: A crowded table of other people's cookbooks, a glass of something easy, and probably a few arguments about which Ottolenghi is the "good" one.

Tickets include one beverage plus food, tax and gratuity.