Buongiorno. We're ready for our August dinner and the theme is tomatoes!
Any meats or sustainable seafood featuring our ingredients is welcome.
The other featured seasonal vegetables will be corn and zucchini.
Featured seasonal fruits will be figs and melons.
The plan
45 of us will cook and eat together on August 23rd, 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) ALL SLOTS TAKEN
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
