Let's cook and eat together: November 22nd

9.30 AM UPDATE: Thank you for the overwhelming response, I need to tally and process the comments and payments, so the signup is temporarily closed, I have more than 50 replies in my comments inbox!

Marco Flavio

Buongiorno,

We're ready for our November fall dinner, and the special ingredient is (insert drumroll) local, organic and free-range pork, including cured pork, bacon, and pancetta. There's a good selection to choose from at Niman Ranch, Whole Foods, Bi-Rite or Prather Meat Company, Golden Gate Meat and Boccalone in the Ferry Building, for starters.

Featured vegetables will include bok choy, chum soy, green beans, beets (there should be a nice selection at the market) and shitake mushrooms.
Fruit will be pears, Asian pears, apples and pomegranates.

Many thanks to Chef Charles Phan for generously donating The Slanted Door's industrial kitchen for our event, and coordinating the space and staffing!

To cover the costs of a manager onsite and recyclable utensils, there will be a nominal fee of $7 per person. Just to be clear, I'm still donating all my time and efforts: this remains a community event. The fee pays the Slanted Door manager who is coming in just for us on Sunday, in case of emergencies or questions. 

When you see your comments posted below, click on the PayPal button and send your contribution.  Check your calendar before signing up, since donations are non-refundable.

A presto,
Marco Flavio

The plan
30 of us will cook and eat together on November 22nd, starting at 4. We'll be done around 8:30.

The dinner will be in San Francisco, at chef Charles Phan's kitchen in the Mission. There's enough space to use the stoves and ovens in a couple of shifts.

Only 30 people can register for this event, so act quickly, but please note which courses are already taken. Details will be emailed to those registered a few days before the event.

Every person coming (including any guest you bring, or your other half in a couple) must sign up for a slot and either cook something or provide local wine and beer (if beverage slots are available - see below).

Since participation is limited, please let us know at least 4 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 4 days before the event, you can't join us for the following 2 events. If you don'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 people who wanted to participate and couldn't because all the slots were taken.

11 participants will make main courses for 3-4 people each (including some vegetarian options)
5 participants will make appetizers for 8 people each
3 participants will make salads for 10 people each
5 participants will make dessert for 8-10 people each
5 participants will bring at least 2 bottles of good *locally produced* 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.
1 participant will bring non-alcoholic beverages (sparkling water and juices, locally produced when possible) 

Please let me know who is coming by name. Once we reach 30 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

[Alison]

I'll be bringing primo vino ... Alison

[Jesse Ramer, Claudia Pesce]

Hi Marco --

Jessefrom Capay Fruits/Veg. Met you when you snapped photos of our treviso and romanesco at Alemany.

Claudia and I Would love to bring appetizer + main (both vegetarian).

Thanks!

Jesse

[Erin]

I'm signing up for myself and one friend. We will bring wine and a dessert.

Erin Martin (erelmartin@hotmail.com)
Nina Kaiser (Nina.kaiser@gmail.com)

[Sandy Crozier]

I'm signing up for 1 + guest, will bring wine and appetizer

[cristina]

Hi. Me plus one, please. Dessert and appetizer. thankyou!

[Sheila Yazdi]

Hello Marco

Sheila will bring salad
David will bring appetizer

Can't Wait!

[Jeremy Sommer]

Marco- I will bring an appetizer for 8!
Jeremy Sommer

[Sandy Crozier]

Hi Marco,
Would love to join again. Am signing up for myself and a friend. We will bring wine and an appetizer.
Thanks, Sandy

[John Lehmann]

John Lehmann
John@riellewines.com
2 bottles Rielle 2007 Chardonnay
2 bottles Rielle 2006 Red Wine
2 bottles Rielle 2007 Pinot Noir
2 bottles Zinfandel Chocolate Sauce

[micheleR]

michele ronsen - HOLA - been a while Marco - looking fwd to it!
RSVPing for 2 people and we'll bring one app and one main. See you soon. CHOW!

[Alison Osborne]

I am signing up for myself and two friends. We will bring 1 appetizer, 1 main and wine.
I am really looking forward to this one!

Alison Osborne (Brian Piepgrass and Giselle Schmitz)
alison.b.osborne@gmail.com

[Shereen Mahnami]

Hi, This is my first time. I'm signing up for my friend and me. We'll bring a dessert and salad.

Shereen Mahnami
Vera Gerkov

[Andy Ferguson]

It's been many months since I've been at the computer when this came in...hopefully we're in time this round! I will be coming with 3 others - we will bring 2 mains, 1 salad, 1 wine/beverage unit.

[Elsa]

It would be great to see everyone before the Holidays!

I'll make a salad!

Elsa

[Samantha Gottlieb]

Hi I'd like to sign up with my boyfriend , Sean-Michael. He'd like to cook the main course, and I'd like to do dessert.

Thanks!

[Bruce Honig]

For two: Bruce Honig and Marcia Silver
bhonig@ideaguides.com
appetizer
Wine

[Frankie Whitman]

I'm signing up for 1 plus 1 guest and will bring a main course

[Aaron Newton]

My wife and I are bringing a friend (so, 3 of us). We'll so a main course, a desert, and wine.