Let's cook and eat together: Sunday January 25th

 

PLEASE NOTE: The dinner is on the 25th, not the 15th. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

The first day of the Year of the Ox is January 26th, so let's ring in the new year together on the 25th.

We'll be having ox and beef as our meats of choice (organic, free-range and local please) and for the sake of tradition, all kinds of dumplings. Blood oranges, Meyer lemons, tangerines, clementines and oranges are our chosen fruit. For vegetables, let's use ones often enjoyed in celebrations of Lunar New Year: bok choy, Chinese broccoli, Napa cabbage, green beans and fresh, local shitake mushrooms. Sign up early and come over hungry.
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Marco Flavio

The plan
40 of us will cook and eat together on January 25th, starting at around 2:30 (we finish at around 7.30).

The dinner will be in San Francisco. Jeremy has kindly offered his company's very large, multiple-range kitchen for our gathering at the last event. There will be enough space for us to use the stoves and ovens in a couple of shifts.

I'm letting only 40 people register for this event, so act quickly, but please reed what's already been taken. Every person coming (including any guest you bring, or your other half in a couple) will have to sign up for a slot and either cook something or provide local wine and beer (if beverages slots are available, see below).

Since 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. If you cancel closer to 4 days to the event, you can't join us for the following 2 events. If you didn't show at all, you can't join us for the next 3. Canceling on short notice (or not at all) is unfair to everyone, especially the people who wanted to participate and couldn't because all the slots were taken.

16 participants will make main courses for 3-4 people each (including some vegetarian options)
6 participants will make appetizers for 8 participants each ALL SLOTS FULL
4 participants will make salads for 8 people each
6 participants will make dessert for 8-10 people each ALL SLOTS FULL
7 participants will bring at least 2 bottles of good *Northern California* wine per person (not per couple) and some *locally-brewed* beer. Consider that most cooks spend $25-50 (and up!) just on their ingredients. If you're not cooking, you should be prepared to spend at least this much on beverages, out of respect for your chefs.
2 participants will bring non-alcoholic beverages for 20 (sparkling water and juices, locally produced when possible)

Please let me know who is coming by name. Once we reach 40 people confirmed, I will close the event and start another post for the 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 on the blog (do NOT email me directly) under the call-for-participation post letting me know the following:
First and last name
Email address
What you'll be bringing (appetizer, main course, etc.) 
If you brought wine last time, you should now cook something (unless you cooked as part of a couple and made a large entree).

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 the spaces are gone.

A presto,
Marco Flavio

Comments

[Lauren Struck]

I'm new and I'd like to bring a dessert and my guest will bring wine. Looking forward to it!

[Lisa Oda]

Hi Marco,
I just submitted for a dessert and salad (for 2) BUT would love to bring a dessert and a main. Thanks - LOVE the choice of ingredients!

[Ken Shultz]

I will bring an appetizer.

[melissa cohen]

melissa cohen
melissapcohen@hotmail.com
salad!

[Andrea Jadwin]

Great! I'll bring dumplings of some sort - savory not sweet.

Andrea J.

[Aileen Shieu]

Hi! I'll make an appetizer, thanks!

[Lilah]

I'll bring a salad and my friend will bring an appetizer!
Yay!

[Barb Florin]

I would like to attend & make an entree with meat.

[Michelle Bakken]

I will bring a vegetarian main course and my partner will bring several bottles of wine.

[Candace & Paolo]

Candace will bring one main dish.

Paolo will bring 2 Cali wines.

Happy new year!

[Jaime Lin]

I would like to attend and I will bring an entree ;) 1st timer very excited!

[Alison]

Hi, I'm new and I would like to bring a dessert and my friend will bring a beverage.

[margo stern]

I'm in for a main dish. Looking forward to it!

[Ben Mitchell]

My partner and I will bring desserts

[Melanie Barti]

I'd like to come and bring a friend. I'll do a meat with a dumpling.

[Caroline Moon]

Hi, I'm new and I would like to bring a main dish!

[David Joud]

I'll make a blood orange desert!

[Bruce Honig]

I will cook an Asian appetizer. I'm new.

[Allen Cohn]

Marco,

Did you get my comment? 1 beef stir fry main course for me...

Allen Cohn
allen@cohnzone.com

[Julie]

I'll bring 2 bottles of N. CA wine and some locally brewed beer. Cheers!

[Paul Burditch]

I would like to bring a salad.

[Julia Kochi]

Am I eligible to come again?

If so, I'll sign up for a beef entree.

[Jen Gurvey]

I'm hoping there's still space for myself and a friend! If so, I'd like to bring an appetizer and my friend will make a dessert. I'm so looking forward to meeting you all since this is my first gathering.

[Sigrid Reinsch]

Hi Marco,
Sofia and I will bring dessert and NorCal wines

[Maida Sy]

Hello, I'm new to this. I'll bring some dumplings (or ingredients to make dumplings).

[Cindi Rizzo]

I'll bring salad

[roberta]

this time, I will bring wine and 'sous chef'. Id prefer to bring something 'old world' if that is okay Marco?--Im getting a bit tired of the Berry-Berry of new world wine.

I would very much like to sous chef for someone--particularly in making dumplings, but anything would be great.

From Marco Flavio (the organizer),
I was just up in Dry Creek and there are many non berry-berry pinots and low-key zins and sauvignon blancs. I even had a great Barbera from Seghesio. Or most Carneros area wines. Please stick to NorCal wines. Grazie!

[irene fehr]

Hope you still have space! I'll bring an appetizer.

[Felice]

Since apps just filled up, I'll bring salad.

[nancy anderson]

Mainn course tbd

[Aaron Newton]

First time joiner! My wife and I would like to come. We'll sign up for a main course.

[Christy Bergman]

+ 1 guest

We'll bring at least 2 bottles each of a local wine.

Thanks!