{"product_id":"preorder-11-24-26-pre-meal-will-guidara","title":"Preorder [11\/24\/26]: Pre-Meal (Will Guidara)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable November 24, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrders are not processed to ship until all items on the order have arrived at the shop. If you would like to receive your in-stock items beforehand, please place that order separately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFor years at Eleven Madison Park, Will Guidara gathered his team before every lunch and dinner service for pre-meal, a thirty-minute meeting to share a story, teach something, and get everyone fired up to go take care of people. When he sold the restaurant, it was the thing he missed most.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSo in 2023 he started Pre-Meal, a twice-monthly newsletter that keeps the practice alive. Each piece starts with a single moment Will noticed out in the world: a ten-foot Post-it note at the Portland airport, a self-storage sign in Tacoma that turns into “Elf Storage” every December, a laminated menu of free extras in the back of a Sydney Uber. This zine collects fifty-two of his favorites. That’s a year’s worth if you bring one to your own team each week.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEvery story is paired with a photograph by Mackenzie Canlis, and all fifty-two were taken within one mile of the Unreasonable Hospitality offices in East Nashville. They show ordinary people in ordinary moments: a handwritten sign in a window, a child’s hand being held, someone walking through a pocket of light.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhy a zine? Will collected them obsessively as a teenager hanging around a record store in Yonkers. In his words: “There’s no business case for it; in fact, there’s a pretty strong case against... Sometimes, the right reason to make something is simply because you want it to exist.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable at Now Serving: A Cookbook \u0026amp; Culinary Shop in Los Angeles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unreasonable Hospitality Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68251424194864,"sku":"03PRE001","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0051\/1954\/1312\/files\/pre-meal.jpg?v=1793750694","url":"https:\/\/nowservingla.live\/products\/preorder-11-24-26-pre-meal-will-guidara","provider":"Now Serving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}