In our journey to explore cooking for a healthy living, this group is started. The goal of the group is to provide a forum, where we can share ideas on healthy cooking, vegetarian recipes, foods that help heal, Ayurveda etc. We plan to meet eat month and discuss recipes and meet experts, chefs in the area of nutrition. Anyone, who wants to cook healthy can join.

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 y …

(Note: This intro will be updated soon) The new organizer (Joni) sent the following note to all members of the group on 10/4/09: ----- Hello Cooking enthusiasts! Joni here, your interim organizer. I started a MeetUp group in Lafayette not too long ago and just today found this group ... needing an organizer... and, well, perhaps we can become one. Let's see how things go. Please visit my MeetUp group: www.meetup.com/nourish-now Let's meet this Friday! Please j …

Food Adventurers (for ages 35+) - esp. San Francisco, Peninsula, and East Bay We bring passionate foodies together - people who love to discover new restaurants, revisit favorites, attend food events and classes, always on the look out for new food adventures -whether it's going to a restaurant, buying new foods, cooking different recipes, or just talking about food.

This is a group for true food enthusiasts. This is for people who have so much to give, that all other food groups seem inadequate. This is for those who want both an outlet and an audience. I want us to create extraordinary dishes together. Extraordinary does not necessarily mean complex. For me, it means bringing simple dishes back to their full glory. When was the last time you had Bucatini all'Amatriciana that echoed of the fabled dish of Rome and Amatrice? When was the last time you had S …

Want to learn how to cook like a pro and make it look easy? Let me show you how! I am a professional chef who has worked at some of the finest restaurants in San Francisco. You need no prior cooking knowledge and will have a completely hands-on experience. Classes will be small and tailored to your specific level of skill. Here are some of the things you will learn: > Create a four-course menu and execute it. - Learn how to design and execute a menu and look good doing it. > Knife …

If you are a current Bay Area food blogger or want to be one, let's meet to discuss all aspects of the business from soup to nuts. If you are a cook, writer, photographer, programmer, designer, or recipe writer or tester -- you are an essential ingredient for a perfect food blog and you are welcome in the Bay Area Food Bloggers group. Come join us!

We love making good foods at home, especially cultured or fermented foods, such as: yogurt, kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, pickles, cheese, and sourdough. And we love to preserve foods, too, like fruits and vegetables, maybe even sausage. And then there's always dehydration, sprouting and herb-growing to discuss. If you also enjoy this sort of kitchen alchemy, please join us to exchange tips and tricks, teach each other techniques, share our latest culinary triumphs and tragedies, and trade reci …

    This group is hosted by Miggi and Michael who love food and wine.     We are hard-core foodies that roast our own coffee beans, pick and cure olives, and will go to any length to enjoy a fantastic, total food experience. Miggi is 40 plus+, writes food and wine articles for a Chinese gourmet magazine, and teaches cooking classes in client's homes. She loves traveling and learning different cultures. Michael is 50+, works days in the tech industry, and records classical music in his spare t …

This is the Bay Area alliance of cupcakes take the cake originally started by Cheryl of http://cupcakeblog.com. Bake-and-Taste Meetups The first meetup was great. A bunch of us met in a park with our homemade cupcakes and tasted away. We caused quite a scene! The plan is to have one of these meet-ups every season or 4 times a year - two in San Francisco, one on the Peninsula or San Jose, and one in the East Bay. These meetups will be hosted in areas that can accommodate an unlimited (or at least …

This group is for women mostly aged 25-35 (though all are welcome) that would like to read, cook,  and/or walk with a group on a regular basis. We have a book club on the first Tuesday evening of every month that will probably focus on mostly fiction of the chick lit variety, a monthly cooking club, and there will also be a standing Sunday meeting for those interested in walking around Lake Elizabeth. Please feel free to pick and choose what events interest you! *Attendance Policy* We want to ma …

  IF YOU'RE TIRED OF STARTING OVER...STOP GIVING UP.   How many more years will you let go by before getting the body you've always wanted; the body you've needlessly endured that's-all-I'm-to-eat-seriously?!! diets and sweat-drenching-feels-so-good-but-I-may-pass-out contortions for; the body you can have?  Are you planning to start again tomorrow, next week or, maybe, next month?  And, that time, you swear you won't give up?   When we have meals planned, prepared, ready to eat and convenient, …

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 :-)

This meetup is for people who like to cook, eat, share food and conversation. If you love cooking and sharing with others, this is for you! Everyone brings a home-cooked dish or a beverage to share.    

Want to eat healthier but not sure how? Let Whole Foods Market show you how! Join us at the Cupertino store for cooking classes, lectures, store tours, book clubs, and more. We’ll teach you how to incorporate wholesome, nutrient dense foods into your diet to help lose weight, lower cholesterol and feel great! Whether you’re an omnivore, vegan, vegetarian or just someone looking to meet like-minded healthy eaters in the South Bay, we have something for everyone!

People who meet here are dedicated to living a quality life - with what they deem important for health and happiness. You'll see that we're passionate about ways to enrich our lives, share our wisdom and cultivate a community of like-minded folks. Most of us follow a flexitarian lifestyle... we are those who: ... want more micronutrients per calorie in their diet. ... understand that food has powerful disease-protecting and therapeutic effects. ... seeks to consume a broad array of micronutrie …