Pray Tell
1615 North Hancock StreetJoin us for August Cookbook Club to explore The Four Horsemen, our first restaurant cookbook. This month, we're bringing our roving party to Pray Tell, recently named Best Urban Winery by Philadelphia Magazine—with many thanks to them for hosting! Your ticket for August includes a drink from Pray Tell (their fabulous wines + NA options available).
Cookbook Club is an potluck event where everyone contributes a dish from the selected book. Here's how it works:
1) You purchase your ticket(s) from this page, with or without a copy of the book.* (We highly encourage book sharing and use of libraries! You can also buy from Bookshop.org, which supports the shop and ships to your door.)
*Please note the process to include a book with your purchase has changed! Select the "Ticket + Book" option; you can then add the book to your cart after clicking "Checkout."
2) One week before the event, we'll send out a Google Doc with a set number of slots per category by which the book is organized. Each person will claim a slot with the recipe of their choice. This ensures a good spread and a cross-section of all the book has to offer.
3) On event day, you'll bring your dish to the venue, prepared to feast. We'll talk about our experience cooking and eating from the book, and leave with lots of great tips and new friends.
Space is limited! If the event sells out, please do add yourself to the waitlist. You'll be the first to know if spots become available. To receive updates about future Cookbook Clubs (hosted monthly)—make sure you're on our mailing list.
ABOUT THE FOUR HORSEMEN
The highly anticipated cookbook from the Michelin-starred restaurant, written by acclaimed chef Nick Curtola, James Murphy, James Beard Award-winning wine director Justin Chearno, and co-author Gabe Ulla.
Much like the irresistibly warm restaurant that inspires it, The Four Horsemen: Food and Wine for Good Times is about more than just amazing food.
The story begins in 2014, when four friends with practically zero restaurant experience between them naively decided to open a restaurant in New York City. They called the place The Four Horsemen, and they hired a largely unknown chef, Nick Curtola, to lead its tiny kitchen.
Even though they did almost everything wrong at the start, The Four Horsemen now has a Michelin star, a waiting list for tables seven nights a week, and a James Beard Award for the best wine program in the United States--not to mention a global reputation as a must-visit destination in New York City. Of Curtola's food, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells wrote, in a glowing review, "The effortlessly casual plates are not, in fact, effortless or casual, a realization that only dawns on you as you're wondering why this sausage or that pickle is the best thing you've tasted in ages."
In the acclaimed restaurant's debut cookbook, Curtola explains his approach to simplicity with warmth, clarity, and more than 100 recipes. The book begins with a humorous and moving introduction by co-founder James Murphy, which sets the stage for Curtola's writing and recipes, casual and informative essays by natural wine pioneer Justin Chearno, and appearances by Murphy and Chearno's fellow horsemen Christina Topsøe and Randy Moon.
Throughout, readers will also find suggestions related to a subject on which the four unwitting friends were experts long before they built the restaurant: how to have fun.
ABOUT PRAY TELL
Pray Tell winery was founded in 2017 by South Philadelphia native, Tom Caruso, in Oregon's Willamette Valley. From making wine on the sidewalk as a kid with his Italian immigrant grandfather to fifteen years of professional winemaking across New York, California, and Oregon, he recently fulfilled a lifelong dream of moving the entire operation back east to a warehouse in Olde Kensington. What started as five ambitious barrels has since expanded to be an exploration of curiosity across multiple grape varieties, growing regions, and winemaking techniques.
Sydney Adams, an acclaimed sommelier in the LA restaurant scene joined the team in 2022 with a harvest in Abruzzo under her belt. Together, they are making some truly exciting wines and welcome guests into the open concept tasting room to educate and demystify the process from grape to bottle.
Sun, Aug 24, 2025 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Pray Tell
1615 North Hancock Street
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