Let's cook and eat together: Sunday April 26th

Buongiorno.
I just came back from Italy, so sorry for cutting it closer than usual. We're ready for our April dinner! We'll be featuring lamb and goat. Please cook responsibly and choose local, organic and free-range meat: You can get it at Whole Foods, at the Prather Meat Company or Golden Gate Meat in the Ferry Building, for starters.

Featured seasonal vegetables will be asparagus, artichokes, all peas, fava beans, fresh herbs and rhubarb.
Featured seasonal fruit will be strawberries (please get creative with those desserts, I'd like to avoid three strawberry tarts!).

A presto,
Marco Flavio

The plan
45 of us will cook and eat together on April 26th, 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 45 people register for this event, so act quickly, but please read 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.

15 participants will make main courses for 3-4 people each ALL SLOTS TAKEN
7 participants will make appetizers for 8 participants each ALL SLOTS TAKEN
5 participants will make salads for 8 people each ALL SLOTS TAKEN
7 participants will make dessert for 8-10 people each ALL SLOTS TAKEN
8 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. ALL SLOTS TAKEN
1 participant will bring non-alcoholic beverages for 20 (sparkling water and juices, locally produced when possible)
1 participant will bring us a bottle of wine and do the final mopping of the floors and wipe clean all tables and counters. We will still do the group cleanup, but after that this person will finish the job and make sure the space is as we found it. 

Please let me know who is coming by name. Once we reach 45 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

[margo]

Was wondering when the next dinner might be! I'll be there, cooking a lamb main.

[Benny]

Lyora and I will be there with an appetizer and a dessert. Welcome back, Marco!

[Melissa Handman]

Hi, I'll bring a salad for 8.

[Michele Petro]

entree with lamb and two new guests bringing wine

[melissa cohen]

goat! i will make a goat main course. plus one friend (will bring wine).

[Ken]

I'll bring a dessert.

[Melody Agustin]

I'm new and really excited! I'll bring an appetizer.

[Mini Kahlon]

I'm in! I would like to cook goat, since it's my favorite meat when I'm in India and have never cooked it before. Although there's a small chance I'll wimp out and do Lamb.

[Gustave]

(newbie) will bring wine

[PJ]

Hi, I can make salad

[micheleR]

I am new and will bring an appetizer. Thank you!!

[Brian]

I'll bring wine and dessert and a guest.

[Kelly Vargas]

One for an appetizer please!!

[Heather]

Heather will be there solo and will bring dessert.

[scott w]

entree!

[David Joud]

I'll cook a main dish with Lamb, and I'll bring a guest. Looking forward to seeing you all.

[Lilah]

I'll bring an entree and my friend will bring wine!

[Sigrid Reinsch]

Hi Marco,
Sofia and I will bring an appetizer and a salad

[Amy & Dan]

Hi Marco-Put us down for a main dish and salad. I'll see if I can get Dan to drag out the smoker. Either I'll be joining him or a friend, we're negotiating. Hope all is well with you all and see ya soon-
Amy( & Dan)

[Maida Sy]

Hi Marco,

I and a guest will bring an appetizer and wine.

Maida

[Arrigo Benedetti]

ciao MArco,

I would like to make a goat entree and Angela would like to prepare a desert.
We are looking forward to this dinner!

-Arrigo and Angela

[Candace taira]

Hi Marco,
We can't wait to do our first cooking event. Paolo and I will do (1) dessert and (1) main course. Thank you, Candace

[Holly Iwanaga]

Hi Marco,

Greg and I are coming and bringing salad and appetizer. Would it be okay if we brought Evan? He won't drink any wine!

salad - thinking something with strawberries, goat cheese, and although it's not featured, beets?

appetizer - something with asparagus.

Our first time, can't wait,

Holly

[Allen Cohn]

I'll make strawberry cream cake!

Allen

[Jody Litton]

I just happened to check my email this Sunday and I have missed out on cooking but I'll bring 2 bottles of wine.

[Kevin Robbins]

I'm bringing a guest and we'll both bring main courses...probably goat since I just recently discovered how much I love it!

[roberta g.]

I will bring an entree

[Mara McCune]

My husband and I will take the last 2 spots. Non-alcoholic bevs and wine + clean up.