Let's cook and eat together: Sunday May 31st

Buongiorno. We're ready for our May dinner and the chosen meats are duck (David, I want confit) and chicken. Please cook responsibly and choose local, organic and free-range meat: You can find them at Whole Foods, at the Prather Meat Company or Golden Gate Meat in the Ferry Building, for starters.

Featured seasonal vegetables will be asparagus (end of the season), zucchini and summer squash, snap peas and snow peas, fresh herbs.
Featured seasonal fruit will be cherries. Who's making us duck breasts in cherry sauce?

A presto,
Marco Flavio

The plan
45 of us will cook and eat together on May 31st, 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 1 SLOT AVAILABLE
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 SLOT AVAILABLE
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. 1 SLOT AVAILABLE

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.) Each person coming must sign up for a slot.
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

[Cynthia Sasaki]

Cynthia Sasaki will cook main course: chicken; cynsa@earthlink.net

[Aaron Newton]

Marco!

My wife and (who have joined previously) would like to come and bring two friends. The four of us will bring a salad, an appetizer, main dish and a desert.

Can't wait to come!

Aaron Newton

[maisnon]

I'm in and will be bringing a friend - we will do an entree and a salad.

[Anne Heinz]

Anne Heinz, anneheinz@gmail.com
As this will be my first time I 'll bring wine and beer

[Rebecca Bahr]

I'll cook appetizers and my friend will make dessert.

[joanna]

I would love to join! Me + one! We will bring a salad and vino! :)

[irene fehr]

I'll bring a main course and a friend will bring wine.

[Benny]

Hi Marco. I think all four of us, parents included, want to come. We will do an appetizer, a veggie main course and two desserts. See you then!

[David Joud]

Confit it is ;^), twist my arm! so that will be main dish!

[Sylvia]

This is my first time but if possible I would like to join along with my mother. We'll bring dessert and a salad.

Sylvia and Martha Julia

[michele ronsen]

michele ronsen, mronsen@hotmail.com
I'll bring a side/salad for 8 people.

[dan schuster]

Marco,

I'll do something sweet with Cherries. It's a good year. Burlats and Garnets out now, Bings maybe by 5/31.

David should be REQUIRED to make a confit. I'll bring the baseball bat to enforce this edict ;>)

[Susan Sheinkopf]

I will be a dessert and my guest will be wine.

[Jennifer Knapp]

Bobby- main course
Jennifer- main course

yay! we got a great idea for the chicken!

[Lisa O.]

Hi Marco,
Me + 1. We'd like to bring a main and an appetizer. Thank you! Happy summer :)

[Scott Weitze]

Entree for me!

[Mel Agustin]

Hi Marco-
I'm signing up for myself and 2 friends for a total of 3 main dishes!
Michele Petro, Cris Pejoro, and Mel Agustin
Can't wait!

[Margherita]

Hi Marco,

I'd like to bring salad and wine.

[Lilah]

Hi Marco-
I'll bring an appetizer, and my friend will bring a side dish.

[Samsara Oberle]

Hi Marco,

I'd like to sign up for two people (myself + 1). Please sign me up for two appetizers, I plan on cooking something right from our garden.
Cheers!
Samsara

[brian]

I will bring some wine.

[Julie Houghton]

Hi! I'd like to sign up two people (myself +1). This is our first time so we will both plan to bring wine & beer.
We're looking forawrd to it!
Julie

[Sigrid Reinsch]

Hi Marco - I'll come with a guest. I'll make an entree and my guest will bring wine.

[Denise Law]

I'm signing up for two people as well. We will bring nonalcoholic drinks and a bottle of wine (and clean up afterwards)
Thanks and looking forward to it!