Let's cook and eat together: Sunday, February 25th

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Buongiorno.
We've moved to a new apartment on the 1st and still without Web connection, so I apologize for the few posts on the blog and the slightly delayed call for participation for the February dinner. I'm relying on the connection at a cafe' until PacBell decides to collaborate.
As agreed at our last dinner, for the February event we'll celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Year of the Boar (or Pig) starts on February 18th.

Needless to say pig (and boar, if you can find some) are our meats of choice (sorry Benny), organic and free-range whenever possible. Though the citrus and winter vegetables crops have been damaged by the weather, we're supporting our local farmers and will be using tangerines, clementines and oranges as our chosen fruit. For the vegetables, we opted for the seasonal ones used in some of the countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year: bok choy, chinese broccoli, napa cabbage, green beans and shitake mushrooms. Sign up early and come over hungry.
A presto,
Marco Flavio

The plan
25-30 of us will cook and eat together on February the 25th, starting at around 2:30.
The dinner will be in San Francisco. Jeremy has kindly offered his company's very large, multiple-range kitchen for our gathering. Thank you, Jeremy, for making this dinner possible.
There will be enough space for us to use the stoves and ovens in a couple of shifts.

Registration will be limited to 32 people (which means that realistically there may be around 28 people, with the California flaking-at-the-last-minute syndrome) and every person coming (including any guest you bring) will have to sign up for a slot and either cook something or provide wine and beer (if beverages slots are available, see below).

As participation is limited, please let us know at least four days before the dinner if you're not going to be able to make it, so we can invite someone else to join us. Emailing me on shorter notice (or not at all) is unfair to us and to the people who wanted to participate and couldn't because all the slots were taken.

We'll divide the cooking among the participants this way:

4 participants will make appetizers for 12 each 
10 participants will make main courses for 3-4 people each (please include some vegetarian options)
4 participants will make salads for 8 people each  
4 participants will make desserts for 8-10 people each
5 participants will bring 2 bottles of good wine and some beer (no Bud or Miller, please) 
2 participant will bring non-alcoholic beverages for 20 (sparkling water, juices, soda)

Please let me know who is coming by name. Once we reach 32 people confirmed, I will close the event and put people's name on my waiting list. If the slots are full for what you'd like to bring, please choose something else instead. (Don't worry: There will always be another event to showcase your skills.)

So post a comment here letting me know the following:
First and last name
Email address
What you'll be bringing (appetizer, main course, etc. and if it's vegetarian)
If you brought wine last time, you should now cook an appetizer or an entree, (unless you cooked as part of a couple and made a large entree).

I'll tally the results and post a list of the participants, and who's bringing what.
If too many people pick the same course, I'll have to assign a different course to the last entrant.

This is going to be great! So sign up before we have no space left.
Precedence will be given to the people who came last time, but please feel free to pass the word to fellow foodies.

A presto,
Marco Flavio

Comments

[Marco Flavio (the organizer)]

I will be making a non-vegetarian entree.
Pork it is!

[Amélie and Björn]

We'll bring a terrine, most likely vegetarian (can count as salad), and wine. It'll be nice to participate again!

[Benny Zadik]

I'll be there once again, pork or no pork!

I want to do a vegetarian appetizer, most likely involving shitake mushrooms.

Oink oink

Benny

[scott]

hey marco and other CHaN peoples...

marco- met up with you quite a while back at the alemany farmers market and did some shopping with you and a couple other people. i'm the guy that works at aqua...

anyway, i'd love to attend your dinner as i missed signing up for your last one. i'd be happy to cook or bring whatever is needed, but would like to sign up to bring "non-alcoholic beverages for 20". i've got a few ideas for this underappreciated category.

hopefully there's room and i look forward to meeting a roomful of sf foodies!

chow!
scott
http://flickr.com/photos/kinetic_scott

[Julie motz]

I'll do a vegan dessert.

Julie

[margherita]

Ciao,
This time I'll bring an entree and my guest bring appetizer and salad.

[Karin David]

I will be the new girl on the block so why don't I bring the wine?My friends own Mt. Vernon Winery in Auburn..yummy stuff...

[SYDNEY PETERS`]

Sorry I missed all of you last time. I've been having a horrible x with my back and am headed for surgery next month. I will be bringing a friend....not sure what we're making yet...but probably an entree and a dessert. Will let you know all details by end of this week. XXXOOO Syd Peters

[Nancy Chan]

Hi again! Max and I will be bringing a salad this time-- well, since there really isn't a Chinese equivalent to the western salad, it'll a cooked salad. haven't decided what type to bring, and what twist to add to it, but i looove those chinese greens!

[Hank and Amy]

We are in and we will be responsible for:

*one pork entree
*two bottles o' good wine and some fine beer.

cheers!
hank and amy

[Giulia Hill]

Ciao Marco,

I'm planning to make a main course.

Giulia

[Vivian Ross]

I will bring a meat appetizer for 12.

[Rebecca Weinstein]

Hi,

I am happy to come to this event. I will also bring non-alcoholic beverage this time... I have some refreshing ideas, and I'll be returning from Mexico the Friday eve. before so won't have enough time to prepare something more substantial...that will wait...but I do love pork, the 'other' white meat...

Rebecca

[Krista]

Is a salad spot still available? I think there is... btw, I'm a new girl too!

[Heather Thayer]

I will come and bring a dessert.

[Becky Hellwig]

I will bring an appetizer (vegetarian)

Becky

[Samsara Oberle]

I'll bring a dessert this time.
See you soon:)
Samsara

[Olav Hellwig]

I will bring beverages beer and wine.

[Liz and Fabien]

Hi, we're new and some friends told us about your dinners- we are so excited to try it out (and to have finally gotten signed up while there's space). We will be bringing a dessert and no-alcoholic drinks.
ci veriamo!

[Scott]

I'm in for an entree.

[korey + sharif]

we'll bring main course + appetizer.

[Andrea Jadwin]

I'll be bringing a vegetarian entree. And my appetite!

Cheers,

Andrea

[Nick Vorono]

I'll bring an appetizer and 2 bottles of sparkling wine. Nick

[Joanna Tong]

Joanna Tong + Linda Lee
joanna_12@hotmail.com

Joanna - dessert and also some vegetables because I have to have some veggies and we didn't have enough at the last meal!

Linda - Chinese dumplings/appetizer (traditional)

Hope I make it in. Grazie! Ci Vediamo!

[Dan Schuster]

Hi all.

I plan on coming - I'll bring a BBQ pork product of some sort - ribs or pulled pork depending on time. Low and slow is the name of the game in BBQ and smoking. So put me down for a main course.

Dan

[mark russo]

Hi All,

I brought wine and cheese last time so this time I will bring a
big/boar appetizer. Please count me in! I enjoyed meeting so many GREAT people at the last dinner! So many fab cooks!!
Impressive!!!
A Sante
Mark Russo

[Lindsey]

I scanned the comments and it looks like the only thing you are short on is beer and wine. I counted 6 appetizers, 10 main, 4 salad, 6 dessert, and 4 beer/wine. So, I can bring wine & beer and my guest will bring a salad.

[jody catlow]

If there's still room, I'm in. I'll either bring beer/wine and salad. Let me know if you want something different.

[Amanda Darnell & David Joud]

It seems that our posting did not go through last week, so I am reposting again.
David will be making a pate of wild boar
I will be making wild boar pizza w/ carmelized onions
Mushroomm pizza w/goat cheese and fresh herbs

~Amanda & David~