Supper Clubs?

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Permalink Reply by Russ M on November 8, 2009 at 10:32am

I would be interested in the supper club. We love to cook and do dinner parties as well. We did something similar with the OP Newcomers club.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Sinclair on November 12, 2009 at 1:10pm

I'd love to get involved with something like this!

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Permalink Reply by OakParkGirl on November 16, 2009 at 7:42pm

This sounds really fun! I have a large dining room table that will seat up to 10, though my kitchen is small. How exactly will this work?

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Permalink Reply by Becca on November 16, 2009 at 7:52pm

When we participated in the Newcomers supper club we would have a theme -- Italian for example. The host would make the main dish and then everyone else would bring sides, desserts or beverages. I was a lot of fun.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Sinclair on November 16, 2009 at 9:21pm

Would we want to set a date and ask for hosts? Would a host choose a theme and the rest follow? How do we collect RSVPs and set a cut-off to not have too many people?

Becca said:

When we participated in the Newcomers supper club we would have a theme -- Italian for example. The host would make the main dish and then everyone else would bring sides, desserts or beverages. I was a lot of fun.

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Permalink Reply by Becca on November 16, 2009 at 9:28pm

Hey Ashley, you can actually use the events page on this website to set up the event and it it also allows RSVPs. I suppose the cut off would depend on the size of the host's table. The parties we went to were relatively small -- like 8-10 people.

Ashley Sinclair said:

Would we want to set a date and ask for hosts? Would a host choose a theme and the rest follow? How do we collect RSVPs and set a cut-off to not have too many people?

Becca said:

When we participated in the Newcomers supper club we would have a theme -- Italian for example. The host would make the main dish and then everyone else would bring sides, desserts or beverages. I was a lot of fun.

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Permalink Reply by Ming on November 16, 2009 at 9:45pm

I'd be interested :) We used to do an annual Hotluck when I lived in Philly, every dish was something spicy :)

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Permalink Reply by Amanda on November 17, 2009 at 9:21am

Let me mull this over since we have enough interest to do something! The holidays are going to make it hard for everyone at home, right? So maybe we could start with a quick public meetup if anything, to decide how we could do it, etc.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Griffiths on November 21, 2009 at 8:26pm

My husband and I are interested in joining as well. He is the cook in our family, and we've actually been throwing around the idea of an oak park supper club with another local couple that we are friends with.

In addition to the idea of the host making the main, and everything else bringing a side, we've also heard of (and are interested in the idea of) supper clubs wehre the host is the head chef and others help out...The host purchases the ingredients and guests chip in to help cover costs.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Jenkins on December 28, 2009 at 4:58pm

Sounds fun! Let me know if you start one up!

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