What we’re about
Do you like to try new foods - and share with friends? We host meetups that are not too big .. so people can get acquainted and get to know one another!
Do you prefer restaurants with local charm over the big chain restaurants? Do you enjoy traditional dishes from different countries and cultures? Do you like to cook - or at least do you like sharing what others have prepared - we have many kinds of "participants" in our group! Are you willing to try new dishes, seasonings, or preparations at least once?
Meet locally with like-minded people who like to cook, eat and share friendship over a good meal, pot-luck, bbq, or an occasional game of cards with appetizers - this group is for you! Dine out, trade recipes/tips/ideas, go to classes or presentations about food, gardening, wine pairing, teas, or just about anything that has to do with food and drink, maybe even travel to food festivals that are nearby!
For our restaurant Meetups, separate checks or cash for your share plus tip are the norm. Sometimes, depending on the restaurant, we may dine family-style. Suggestions are welcomed! Assistant organizers - please feel free to volunteer for this innovative and important role!
Please be sure to RSVP if you are attending, and change your YES to a NO if you have a last-minute change of plans. We will have a "three strikes rule," meaning if you RSVP Yes to events and no-show three times (without a valid excuse) you will be removed from the group.
There is usually no charge for our events but occasionally there might be a fee to pay up-front to cover costs or a refundable deposit to hold your seat. Please note that payment "per event" is usually non-refundable as the hosts are already purchasing supplies. Thanks for your understanding.
Upcoming events (4)
See all- Book Club Feb 11 - A Life on Our PlanetDale's home, Upland, CA
A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
by Sir David Attenborough
For February, a most sincere love letter for our generation and future generationsAvailable on YouTube, although the documentary is an abridged version of the book. Maybe read the book and see the movie too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64R2MYUt394
Also available on Netflix.Based on his career as a naturalist and affiliation with BBC, Sir David shares his observations of what has changed over time. If you’re looking to both be impacted by the reality of climate change, human impact, and the devastation of industrialization as well as a statement of hope and examples of progress, this is the book for you. Both an honest and powerful testament to the change we need to make as a species, this is a wonderful book worth your time and attention: both as a citizen of the word and as a human being in the 21st century.
We will discuss all points of view - what facts were surprising to you? did you disagree with his observations/conclusions? All perspectives are welcome.
- BOOK CLUB - The Night CircusDale's home, Upland, CA
The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
One review on Goodreads:
Sometimes, some books just don't lend themselves to an analytical, opinionated review. I'm reluctant to do that kind of review here and now because the experience of reading The Night Circus was like smelling a magnolia blossom...perfect, sweet, rich, satisfying a need I didn't know I had until it was met...but to examine it, to handle it, even gently, risks that somehow the magical smooth gorgeously textured vessel of chastely erotic pleasure that this book is will let it begin, inexorably and inevitably, to brown and curl and die, and become...just a wonderful book.I'm not ready for real life yet. I want the magic to linger just a little longer.
