Gourmet club

[email hidden] (Stephanie) wrote in news:11dfe54f.0402071342.51a03e73
@posting.google.com:

Quoted message said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club? Stephanie Metzger

Sorry...you'll have go to Paris. Gourmet clubs were outlawed in Pennsylvania years ago! <G

On 7 Feb 2004 13:42:41 -0800, [email hidden] (Stephanie)

Quoted message said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one have
any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or near
either of those cities.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or near
either of those cities.

-sw

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments

sf said:

Steve Wertz said:

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or
near either of those cities.

-sw

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

-sw

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one have
any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Start your own. Ask around your neighborhood, church, work site, to find if there are other foodies
interested in getting together. A 'gourmet' or specialty food store might have local leads.

Stephanie said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Try asking around at local grourmet food/cookwares stores. Look in the special events section of
neighborhood newspapers.

Quoted message said:

Stephanie said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Try asking around at local grourmet food/cookwares stores. Look in the special events section of
neighborhood newspapers.

Might even find, like one of my brothers did, a local restaurant sponsors such gatherings. The one
he found wasn't so much a "club" as personal lessons for a small group from the chef of a local
bistro. They'd meet when the restaurant was closed, learn to make specific dishes and get on-the-
spot guidance from the chef. (Of course these were featured items from the restaurant menu, with the
goal of promoting the restaurant, but it was a win-win situation!)

No reason why the attendees couldn't simply then plan their own get togethers, perhaps rotating from
home to home, trying out different dishes, themes, etc. Good luck!

Jill

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:13:25 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

sf said:

Steve Wertz said:

On 7 Feb 2004 13:42:41 -0800, [email hidden] (Stephanie) wrote:

>My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
>have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or
near either of those cities.

-sw

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

-sw

My hometown in north-central PA is the same proximity (give or take) to both of those cities (~4.5
hours). I don't consider 4.5 hours to be close.

MareCat <[email hidden]> deliciously posted in
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Steve Wertz said:

sf said:

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:58:47 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]> wrote:

> On 7 Feb 2004 13:42:41 -0800, [email hidden] (Stephanie) wrote:
>
> >My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any
> >one have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?
>
> Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or
> near either of those cities.
>
> -sw

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

-sw

My hometown in north-central PA is the same proximity (give or take) to both of those cities (~4.5
hours). I don't consider 4.5 hours to be close.

Ohhhh.... road trip! Road trip! Marecat is packing a cooler 😉

Michael
--
"The carp was dead, killed, assassinated, murdered in the first, second and third degree. Limp, I
fell into a chair, with my hands still unwashed reached for a cigarette, lighted it, and waited for
the police to come and take me into custody. ~~Alice B. Toklas, American writer (1877-1967)

MareCat said:

Steve Wertz said:

sf said:

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 21:58:47 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]> wrote:

> On 7 Feb 2004 13:42:41 -0800, [email hidden] (Stephanie) wrote:
>
> >My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any
> >one have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?
>
> Depends where you live in Pennyslvania. You could try phl.food or pgh.food if you live in or
> near either of those cities.
>
> -sw

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

-sw

My hometown in north-central PA is the same proximity (give or take) to both of those cities (~4.5
hours). I don't consider 4.5 hours to be close.

Williamsport? Lock Haven?

-s Pittsburgh w

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:14:30 -0000, Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not>

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MareCat <[email hidden]> deliciously posted in
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Quoted message said:

My hometown in north-central PA is the same proximity (give or take) to both of those cities
(~4.5 hours). I don't consider 4.5 hours to be close.

Ohhhh.... road trip! Road trip! Marecat is packing a cooler 😉

Michael

I now live in Houston, so it would be a looooooooong road trip to either of those cities! 😉

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:54:23 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

MareCat said:

My hometown in north-central PA is the same proximity (give or take) to both of those cities (~4.5
hours). I don't consider 4.5 hours to be close.

Williamsport? Lock Haven?

-s Pittsburgh w

You were closer with Williamsport (1 hr. away). My hometown is Wellsboro, home of the PA
Grand Canyon!

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one have
any ideas where to look to locate such a club? Stephanie Metzger

Try meetup.commeetup.comOpen ↗

I've never tried it but it seems as though it should work for you.

Sue(tm) Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

Frogleg said:

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Start your own. Ask around your neighborhood, church, work site, to find if there are other foodies
interested in getting together. A 'gourmet' or specialty food store might have local leads.

if you're baptist, don't even mess with your church people.

your pal, blake

Jill wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Stephanie said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Try asking around at local grourmet food/cookwares stores. Look in the special events section of
neighborhood newspapers.

Might even find, like one of my brothers did, a local restaurant sponsors such gatherings. The one
he found wasn't so much a "club" as personal lessons for a small group from the chef of a local
bistro. They'd meet

when

Quoted message said:

the restaurant was closed, learn to make specific dishes and get

on-the-spot

Quoted message said:

guidance from the chef. (Of course these were featured items from the restaurant menu, with the
goal of promoting the restaurant, but it was a win-win situation!)

No reason why the attendees couldn't simply then plan their own get togethers, perhaps rotating
from home to home, trying out different

dishes,

Quoted message said:

themes, etc. Good luck!

Also I'd suggest going to the Philadelphia/PA sections of www.chowhound.com and inquiring. I know
that a number of cities e.g. NYC and Chicago have quite active "chowhound" groups that meet up at
people's homes for potlucks, go on restaurant crawls, wine tastings, etc. The NYC group has had
several very large gatherings (having to rent a public space) where all are welcome, the only
proviso being that folks bring food whether it be home made or store - bought (people come from all
over the country for some of their events). The Chicago group has it's own listserv and does a lot
of resto touring in cheap ethnic places, etc. besides having events in people's homes....

Also I'd suggest calling the local paper (if it's big enough to have a food section) and asking them
about this...I'd bet they have some tips.

--
Best Greg

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:57:26 GMT, blake murphy <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Frogleg said:

(Stephanie) said:

My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Start your own. Ask around your neighborhood, church, work site, to find if there are other
foodies interested in getting together. A 'gourmet' or specialty food store might have
local leads.

if you're baptist, don't even mess with your church people.

What? Baptists don't eat? Or cook? News to me.

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:13:25 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]>
arranged random neurons, so they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 05:36:30 GMT, sf <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

I think she may be referring to a Californian's notion that there's a Left Coast and a Right Coast
and everything in between must easily commutable OR SoCal traffic is so gawdawful that we think
everyone else's commute must be a snap in comparison. Just guessing, mind you.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the
bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very good dinner." Anonymous.

To reply, remove replace "shcox" with "cox"

Frogleg said:

blake murphy said:

Frogleg said:

On 7 Feb 2004 13:42:41 -0800, [email hidden] (Stephanie) wrote:

>My husband and I are interested in joining a gourmet club and we live in Pennsylvania. Any one
>have any ideas where to look to locate such a club?

Start your own. Ask around your neighborhood, church, work site, to find if there are other
foodies interested in getting together. A 'gourmet' or specialty food store might have
local leads.

if you're baptist, don't even mess with your church people.

What? Baptists don't eat? Or cook? News to me.

instead of replying directly to the question, i'll tell a joke.

q: if you're going on a fishing trip, why should you invite either zero baptists, or more than one?

r: if you invite only one, he'll drink all your beer.

your ex-presbyterian pal, blake

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:13:25 -0600, Steve Wertz <[email hidden]> arranged random neurons, so
they looked like this:

Quoted message said:

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 05:36:30 GMT, sf <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

LOL! According to us Westerners, ANYWHERE in PA is close to those cities.

I don't get it. PA is a moderately sized state.

I think she may be referring to a Californian's notion that there's a Left Coast and a Right
Coast and everything in between must easily commutable OR SoCal traffic is so gawdawful that we
think everyone else's commute must be a snap in comparison. Just guessing, mind you.

I wasn't talking about traffic patterns, I was talking about physical size. PA is the 33rd largest
state, California is the 3rd largest state. Period.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments