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Order up!

Philly’s bookshop for cooks and eaters is ready and waiting.

 

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!

 

Location

908 Christian St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Hours

Sun. - 11a-3p

Mon. - Closed

Tues. - By Appt. Email us!

Weds. - 10:30a-5:30p

Thurs. - 10:30a-5:30p

Fri. - 10:30a-5:30p

Sat. - 11a-5p

PRE-ORDERS

Pre-order select titles for pickup as soon as they are released, including exclusive signed copies!

GIFT CARDS

Why choose for them? Grab a gift card in person at the shop, or send a digital version right now via Square.

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.

 Follow us on Instagram | @bindingagents

So excited to support @phillypaws alongside MANY other amazing local businesses! 10% of proceeds on Wednesday, 5/14, will go toward their critical work to save and serve Philly's most vulnerable pets—through rescue efforts, affordable veterinar
Cookbook club is so nice (it really is), we made the @phillyinquirer twice! Thank you to @esra_3rol for beautifully capturing the magic of this experience from every angle. Thank you to the culinary creators whose work makes gatherings like these pos
Look who dropped in!!! @bobkellyfox29 wants to eat pasta (same, Bob), and he came to the right place. Binding Agents and our pals at @wsfs_bank getting ready to beam into your living room on an upcoming episode of Kelly Drives 🩵
Indie Bookstore Day was a joy! Why let it end? We’ve got prizes left for the wheel and raffle tix aplenty, so we’re keeping the party going for a few special Sunday hours, 4/27 from 10:30-2:00. Swing by on your way down to @eastpassyunk f
Indie Bookstore Day prep! See you Saturday (4/26) for good good good things 🩵
Like many of our kitchens, Julia Child's contained multitudes—it was a serious workspace, a center of homey comfort, a gathering place, a feat of storage engineering. Mine certainly hasn't changed the landscape of American cookery, though, and
 

In the news

 
 

Cookbook Club featured in The Inquirer (May 2025)

Interview with Catie Gainor for PA Eats (May 2025)

Binding Agents in The Washington Post (Nov 2024)

 contact us

[email protected] | (267) 225-3811

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