Let's cook and eat together: Sunday July 19th

Buongiorno. We're ready for our July dinner and the main theme will be sustainable seafood. For a complete list of sustainable seafood choices in California, go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch. Take your pick from the Best Choices or Good Alternatives columns.

Featured seasonal vegetables will be edible flowers (nasturtiums are everywhere!), fresh herbs, corn and zucchini (including their flowers). Featured seasonal fruits will be peaches, apricots and plums.

The plan
45 of us will cook and eat together on July 19th, 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
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 slot you'll be taking (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

[maisnon]

I'll bring a dessert!

[Shira]

Hi Marco! Is this where I RSVP?
Shira Kates
Main Course

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ciao Shira! Welcome.
Marco Flavio

[Rebecca Bahr]

I'm in for appetizers for 2 people.

[brian]

I will bring dessert.

[Lisa O]

Hi Marco,
I would like to bring one guest, and we'll make a dessert plus a main. Thanks!

Lisa

[Sigrid Reinsch]

sofia and I will come - we'll bring appetizers and wine

[micheleR]

RSVPing for 2 people
we'll do an appetizer/side and wine/beverage
see you soon!
-michele

[DeeAnn]

Marco,
I will be there. I would like to make something with corn. It'll probably be a side dish--souffle or something--not sure where to categorize this...probably appetizer?
--DeeAnn

[Connie]

Hi Marco, I'm in for dessert from 2 people (Todd and me). Can't wait!

[Jenny Kim]

Hi there!

I'll make an appetizer.

Thanks a bunch ... looking forward to this event!
-Jenny Kim

[Vincent Chang]

Vincent +1 guest

One main, one wine. Can't wait to catch up with everyone!!

[Lilah]

Hi Marco-
I'll bring an appetizer and my friend will bring wine.

[susanna]

Hi Marco,

I will be there and I will bring salad.

-Susanna
Roommate007@gmail.com

[Connie]

Hi Marco, don't kill me, but Todd wants to bring wine/beer instead of making a dessert if possible. That would make us one dessert, one wine. Sorry for the trouble!
Connie

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Not a problem! See you then.
ciao,
Marco Flavio

[Laura]

Thanks for keeping this up... I will come with a guest and make a main course, double slot (for 8).

Ciao
Laura Capuzzi

[dan schuster]

Hello,

I'd like to make a dessert, something with peaches.

[Candace Taira & Paolo Merli]

Ciao Marco,
Paolo and I will bring a main dish and a salad. Looking forward to it.

[Andrea Jadwin]

I'll bring a salad!

Andrea J.

[Melody Agustin]

Hi Marco,
I'll make dessert. If all the slots are taken, I'll bring wine.
-Mel

[antonia richmond]

hi. my name is antonia and i would like to bring a salad.

[anne t]

Hey Marco -
I'd like to come. I'll bring a salad.

[kacey stertz]

I'll make a salad - something with roast fennel and hazelnuts.

Thanks!
Kacey

[Scott Weitze]

Entree!

[Cindi Ceres]

Hello - Todd and I will be attending. We will be bringing dinner for 8.

[Victoria]

I'll bring a delicious dessert! Victoria

[Diane Lee]

Hi Marco, I'm bringing good wines. See you then.

[Susanna Townsend]

Hi Marco,

I will bring along a friend and we will both bring local wine and beer.

~Susanna

[John Lehman]

John Lehmann
1 person
I will bring 6 bottles of wine, 2 chard, 2 pinot noir, 2 cabernet sauv/syrah blend, from anderson valley and sonoma county.

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Excellent, John!
Marco Flavio

[Scott Lawrence]

Oh...

I missed the last sustainable seafood dinner and would love to make a main for everyone.

Look forward to it!

Scott

[Becky]

Oh I just realized there are two slots open. I will bring the non-alcholic drinks and my friend will do the clean up!

Becky and Julie

[Christine]

Christine Lozada
christinelozada@yahoo.com
Main course

[Anne Heinz]

I'm in for an entree

Anne

[Melody Agustin]

Hey Marco,
Mel again! I'm signing up for Michele Petro for a main dish.