Cooking club information to share?
A friend and I are writing a book about cooking clubs, groups of people that get together on a regular basis to cook, eat, drink, share recipes and food experiences, and have a good time together doing it all. We would like to share other people's experiences in the book. If you would like to share your stories, here are some questions we have:
• Where are you located?
• What is the make up of the group?
• Explain why you come together as a group
• How long has your group been meeting?
• How do you decide themes, or who will host a particular event?
• What do you enjoy most about your cooking club?
• What was your one favorite experience from cooking club?
• Does the group have a favorite chef or other food personality?
• What are some of the group’s favorite food writers or cookbooks?
• What type of cuisine is your group’s favorite to make?
• What is the most outrageous, or funny story that happened at a get together?
• Do people in the group socialize outside of cooking club?
• What is one word that best describes your group?
• Is there anything else you would like to share about your cooking club?
Thank you in advance for sharing your stories!
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5 Comments:
I had such a group when I lived in New York. Please e-mail me if you'd like a contribution to your book... chiffonade@hotmail.com.
chiff0nade at 2:55PM on 11/27/07
Hi Chiffonade. We are looking for groups that are currently ongoing. If you are involved in a group where you are living now I would love to hear from you. Also, is the group that you were involved with still getting together? Maybe you could pass the information on to them?
mklowrey at 3:10PM on 11/27/07
Nope - sorry, it's not still going on :(. If you decide you need "volume" and can use past experiences, give me a shout.
chiff0nade at 4:14PM on 11/27/07
Not a conventional sort of club, but you might check out the Daring Bakers circle. I'm sure there are quite a few around this site, but I know the blogs Tartelette and Cream Puffs in Venice are run by some of the original members.
ren at 11:26PM on 11/27/07
We are not a cooking club, just a group of friends who get together on Sundays to cook dinner. We started doing this during the dot com bust in San Francisco, around 7 years ago and still get together on a regular basis. I just started documenting our meals and experiences 6 months ago. I wish I would have started earlier... missed a lot of great meals and stories.
Check out the About section for more info. Here's one bizarre meal we had recently, Oysters and Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs. If you want to chat directly, just leave a comment on the SND blog.
SundayNiteDinner at 4:22AM on 11/28/07