NOTICE: As of 11/7/11, this Meetup group (formerly known as 'Creative Cooks') is under New Management. Greetings Bay Area Creative Cooking Enthusiasts! Do you love to cook gourmet dishes, or just wish you knew how to cook? Maybe you have (or, maybe you haven't before) traveled to places like Indonesia, South Korea, Philippines, Ghana, Ethiopia, Morocco, Iran, France, Russia, Columbia, Jamaica, or Alabama, but wish you could taste some of these and other authentic foods right in your own back yar …

The Iron Cupcake SF Challenge is a local Bay Area meetup group where any local bakers, friends, and food enthusiasts can join for a monthly cupcake face off. Each month a new ingredient will be presented, and all participants will bake their interpretation of the ingredient in cupcake fashion. All bakers will meetup on the last Monday of each month where the live challenge will begin. Friends, family, and other contestants will take part in the taste testing as well as voting for the winner. By …

If you like to cook or want to learn and want to have fun doing it with like-minded people; then this is the meetup for you. If you watch the Cooking Channel, Food Network, America's Test Kitchen, Julia, Jacques...you are a Culinary Addict, If you read Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Food Arts, Cooks Illustrated you are a Culinary Addict...If those magazine pages, worn recipes torn from newspapers, and pages of your cookbooks are stained and smeared from use...then this group is for you. If you want …

A warm WELCOME to all of you who are new to The Sage Table, where we focus on seasonal, organic, healthful, wholesome, nourishing food that tastes fresh and delicious. There is great energy brewing around home cooking these days, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity in my classes to teach you to cook delicious, nourishing food and to share with you my passion and knowledge that I have gained after more than 20 years of cooking. I am ever more aware of the important role that home cooking …

In the Mood for Food a local vegan catering and personal chef business has been hosting classes and other events for several years. Currently hosting at least one event each week in the bay area.

This is a meetup for nerdy girls. Ideal BANG members will have an interest in any of the following: Comics  | Graphic Novels Gaming | Boardgames Anime   | Manga Sci-Fi     | Fantasy Cosplay  | Dressing up No match up top? How about these: Graphic Design, Web Development, Interior Design, Typography, Makeup, Baking, Knitting, RPG tabletop, Writers, Tea/coffee drinkers (we do a lot of that in this group), pie enthusiasts, crafty DIY ladies. ______________________________________________________ …

Dinner & Movie at Home for 20's-30's Peninsula Ladies. Do you love dinner parties with girlfriends, cooking, socializing, and ending the night relaxing to a nice movie? Then this group is for you! Who we are. We are a group of twentysometing to thirtysomething ladies. We meet to have dinner potlucks rotating at different person's homes on the Peninsula -- as far North as Millbrae to as far down as Mt.view. -- that way we get to prepare something each time to contribute. And after enjoying our me …

Wouldn't it be great to discover authentic and delicious food made by your local community? We think so! Grubalicious is a private dining club that features everyday chefs and their signature dishes. I've you'd like to sign up to be a local chef and host a dinner, drop me a note!  Big or small, any event, your call! Grubalicious offers a terrific way to meet new and interesting people, share food with friends and meet the face behind your meal. Dinners are kept relatively small and intimate and …

If you like to cook or want to learn and want to have fun doing it with like-minded people; then this is the meetup for you. If you watch the Cooking Channel, Food Network, America's Test Kitchen, Julia, Jacques...you are a Culinary Addict, If you read Food and Wine, Bon Appétit, Food Arts, Cooks Illustrated you are a Culinary Addict...If those magazine pages, worn recipes torn from newspapers, and pages of your cookbooks are stained and smeared from use...then this group is for you. If you want …

Let's meet over tea or a hot chocolate and discuss our favorite French dessert recipes. You'll polish (or brush up on) your French language skills at the same time! A bientot :-)

Members are from all areas of the Tri-Valley area - Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, & Danville and more... We try to plan events in different locations. If you are professional, fun, and want to meet new friends to socialize with...this group is for you.

There are lots of dining groups on Meetup; I belong to some. And they're great. But I don't see anything devoted to the goofy, offbeat restaurants and snack shops and events that can make eating a purposefully amusing experience. Tabletops before tablecloths, go cups before goblets, fun before fancy, cute before culinary. I don't want to be a decadent foodie all the time! This isn't intended to be devoted to bargain, cheap-eats places, though most of the things I'm interested in for this group …

Meal Swap provides tremendous time and financial savings, and simplified trips to the grocery store. But high on the list of benefits is that even in the midst of sometimes hectic days, you will no longer stress about what to make for dinner! You will save money on groceries because items can be bought in bulk and there is much less food waste.

BRAND NEW GROUP! Started 3/14. We are a fun, down-to-earth women who like to talk, laugh, eat, drink and even learn a little all while cultivating new, meaningful friendships. If you are anything like me you have realized that all of your friends have either moved away (or you have moved away), have small children or just aren’t interested/don’t have time to “hang out” anymore. But when you want to go out, wouldn't it be nice to have a "crew?" You know, like Sex & The City. Some of the larger gr …

Do you enjoy trying a recipe? Do you enjoy trying drinks with new friends? This is a meetup that will focus on sharing a recipe with others and drinks at organizers house and other members home. All bring a dish to share and taste.   Each time we will have a try a recipe experience, and wine and other drinks.

Do you love a fun dinner party? And with healthy food and new friends to boot? Then you have found the right group! We invite you to join a group whose love of healthy cooking is exceeded only by our love of good food and of even better company. We generally meet once a month for a dinner party in a member's home or other location. The host determines the theme and everyone else brings a completed dish to share. If this sounds good to you (and you live on the San Francisco Bay Peninsula, Califor …

From the professional to the home cook, this group caters to those who love to make and share authentic, home cooked meals. We gather regularly to cook for each other, share recipes and tips, and explore ideas on how to share our food with the world! This group is for those in restaurants, catering companies, food trucks, supper clubs, private chefs, farmer's markets, grey markets, and passionate home cooks who enjoy cooking and eating authentic, delicious meals. Let's make and break bread toget …

This is a group with the intention of promoting social justice and harmony through the grounding and nourishing tradition of baking. I started this group in order to network with those interested in humanitarian aid to folks who would like a hand up and get training in a very practical field. I am in the process of founding a non-profit for the purposes of fundraising. Projects in the works are vocational rehabilitation efforts right here in the bay area and a solar oven bakery in Senegal.

This group is for singles over 50 who enjoy cooking, laughing and meeting new friends. The first meeting will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 18th at my home (Willow Glen area of San Jose). I'll provide some appetizers ans we can discuss how we'd like to structure these Meetups. My thought is each Meetup two people could prepare a specific dish while we observe and have some wine! Later it can evolve to a full meal and rotate to different member's homes.

Have you been diagnosed with celiac? Gluten- intolerance? Have you been ignoring your symptoms simply because you don’t know how to change your diet? What to cook? What to avoid? Wondering if it’s even going to taste any good? Are you a busy MOM who would love to feed the family healthier meals, yet not spend all night in the kitchen? Or maybe you simply enjoy a healthy meal. Everyone is welcome to this group; singles and couples, it’s about having fun, learning how to cook hands-on-simple, heal …

This group is about learning how to prepare some easy and delicious GLUTEN FREE ITALIAN FOOD all the while having fun. Learn hands on how to cook simple or gourmet gluten-free meals while saving money, time and sharing a glass of wine, meeting new friends, and most importantly, having a great time. Everyone is welcome to this group, singles and couples.

Brrr... it's cold out there. Come join like minded foodies for Sunday dinner. Whereas Sunday is often leftovers night, join us for a home cooked meal and make new friends. Comfort food will be the theme as the cold weather leaves us craving heavier dishes and warmer food. The emphasis will be on fresh, locally grown and organic produce, free-range meats and California wines. Think sinful desserts made with Calebaut Chocolate, sweet berries, or Creme Brulee if you're game. If you like cooking wit …

This Meetup is open to residents of Waterford Apartments only. Some activities will take place inside the gated community, where only residents will have access. Get to know other people in our community and have fun!

Uhuru Foods & Pies operates food concessions at festivals and farmer’s markets and bakes thousands of pies for the annual Uhuru Holiday Pies fundraiser. All funds support African community economic development. "Uhuru" means freedom in Swahili. We welcome volunteers who are interesting in social justice in the black community and want to see thriving, sustainable and just economic development. This year, Uhuru Foods & Pies is involved in fundraising and winning support for Uhuru Jiko, a communit …

Would you love to cook delicious and healthy food and then sit down around a pretty table and savor it in good company? This is what we will do on the second Friday of each month from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. People 40+ will gather in a large private kitchen, and every person will be involved "hands-on" cooking a wonderful meal. For the first Meet-up I, the organizer, will go shopping, bring the recipes and everything else which might be needed. At each Meet-up we will decide a theme for the next Mee …

I started baking bread this year. I make one recipe and vary it a bit (whole wheat/spelt/bread flour, walnuts, milk, molasses, sponge method) ta-da! I thought I'd put this up to see if anyone else would like to get together to share experience, teach/learn, and then consume wonderful bread!

The Marina Young Women's Cooking Club is a hybrid of a book club, a dinner party, and girl's night out! We are a group of young ladies in the San Francisco area who like to cook, want to experiment with new recipes, and like sharing our food! We are a group of young women in our 20s and 30s. Sorry guys, but this group is for the ladies only. Join us if you want to meet other fun, friendly women in the city who enjoy cooking (especially healthy cooking). Whether you are new to the area, want to t …

I've been working with yeast lately and LOVING it! Would love to spend an afternoon baking with people that LOVE to bake and LOVE to eat! All you have to do is come and bring your ready to bake items! We will also bake something together. SCONES is what we are baking this Sunday!