Let's cook and eat together: Sunday August 23rd

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

Comments

[Cynthia Sasaki]

Appetizer

[Nicole Miller]

I will make an appetizer platter: stuffed squash blossoms along with garden tomatoes (both from my Potrero community garden plot).

[sanfranmsw2004@yahoo.com]

I will make vegetarian tomato pies. Yum!

[maisnon]

I'd like to bring wine.

[Rebecca Bahr]

I'm in for 2 people for Appetizers...I love figs, I know exactly what I'm bringing.

[jenny kim]

Can't wait to join! I'll make an appetizer! Thanks!

[Andrea Jadwin]

sign me up for an entree!

Andrea J.

[Candice Lin]

Hi. I'd like to bring an appetizer and my guest will bring wine. Candice Lin

[Rochelle McCune]

Rochelle McCune & guest, appetizer & dessert

[Barb Florin]

Hi Marco -- I'm in and will bring an entree.
Barb Florin

[Veronika Cole]

I'd like to RSVP for two, and bring an Entree and an appetizer. Glad I got to catch this one!

[rebecca w]

Hi there

Me plus a guest. Non alc. bev and a pasta dish.

Rebecca

[David Joud]

I will prepare an entry and bring some wine too.

[Brigitte & Jeff]

We would love to enjoy the bounty of summer by bringing a salad and a dessert.

[Sandy Crozier]

I would love to come, I'll do a salad as the appetizers are taken.

[Karen Mezzetta]

Marco, I'll prepare an entree and look forward to being part of this event!

[Clair Rose]

I would like to come and I'll bring salad.

[Melissa Handman]

Hi, I will make a salad.

[nancy anderson]

I will make a salad, second choice entre.
Nancy Anderson

[ilaria ventriglia burke]

Marco, sign me up. ( Ilaria + Bob)
I'll make a main course, Bob will bring wine.
Non ci posso credere che questa volta sono in tempo.
wow....

[Sheila Yazdi]

I just messaged but may have been lost.
Two for entrees
Sheila Yazdi
David Montesano

[Brian]

I'll make dessert.

[Candace Taira & Paolo Merli]

Tomatoes! I love the theme. We will bring 1 entree and 1 dessert. Cheers.

[Dave Jones]

first timer, I can bring wine. I have lots to choose from, so am willing to coordinate with other contributors.

[Angela Chou]

Hi!

Two of us will love to join you for dinner!
We will bring a vegetarian entree and a dessert.

Looking forward to the dinner!
Angela Chou and Alan Becker

[Sydney Peters]

Yeah....I finally can RSVP in time. Remember me? I came with Dan to the second+ session. Can't wait to see all again. I will bring a guest. I will make a southern corn pudding and my guest will bring a dessert. XOXO Syd Peters

[Margherita]

Ciao Marco,

We are three:

Raul: will make main course.
Enrico: 2 bottles of wine
Margherita: dessert.

See you on the 23!!!

[roberta]

ill sign up for wine! thanks!

[Dario Barbone]

Dario+1, we'll bring wine!
So long.... :)
See you there Marco!