Let's meet up for more than just cooking! Join me to discover and discuss the science behind cooking. This meet up will encompass several types of events from cooking to dinner parties and classes to lectures.

We often love to share Indian Vegetarian Cooking with friends. And thought a wonderful meetup would create fun and memorable culinary experiences by creating deliciously Indian cooking classes. Our hope is to create a theme menu and together we will prepare the meals. This will be a great opportunity to meet new people and expand your repertoire. We will meet at a home in Santa Barbara, and enjoy appetizers while preparing the meal. Ingredients and equipments are provided and after we have finis …

So you cook? or maybe you just Need to cook? Love to Eat ! We are here to share ideas, recipes, food, restaurants and good company.

This is a community for active and aspiring cooks to share their recipes, cooking tips and instructions, and home-made creations with each other. Because this is a COOKING club, we will cook and not simply eat (although eating is a major component of our activities). Anyone can put food in their mouth and then declare the dish/restaurant as excellent, mediocre, or sub-par, but can you produce (or reproduce) edible dishes yourself? If not, would you like to learn how to do so? Anyone can eat, but …

With 40 years of cooking experience, I started this group for established cooks and wanna be cooks of all levels. Together beginners can learn the basics and those of us who might be more advanced know there is always more to learn! I plan on having small get togethers so that everyone will have a chance to participate in preparation, cooking and of course eating our creations in a fun, friendly atmosphere. When you join this group you agree to the following disclaimer and release of liability t …

Je veux, donc je peux! "Nous savons, nous savons que nous savons jamais" (We know, we know that we never know) When it comes to food, we can never know everything.  Would you like to join our never-ending food adventure? As food lovers, we cook and dine out together, trade recipes/tips/ideas and discuss all the food magic, maybe in French, too. http://youtu.be/_H3rvT8gVcc Video from "Southern Style BBQ Meetup by Heather" on August 2, 2009: http://www.meetup.com/LACooking/events/10808773/?act …

The Hollywood BBQ Enthusiasts group is all about celebrating delicious BBQ. From Brisket, to ribs, to pork, and chicken - we discuss recipies, cooking styles, regional differences, and the ins-and-outs of cooking BBQ. Whether you're interested in how to properly smoke your meat, to making your own sauces, nothing is off limits!

This group is made for those who love to try new recipes, love having cocktails, and most importantly love meeting other awesome girls in the Weho/Hollywood area! Sorry guys, this group is just for women (ages 25-37). We meet at the home hosted by a member and hang out over yummy food and drinks. We usually try to have a theme - ideas are appreciated! Note: While we all try to make new items. Trader Joe's is totally an acceptable go to on the fly. We occasionally meet at restaurants or pools, bu …

BELLA SAVOUR BRINGS YOU... LOS ANGELES VEGAN COOKING CLASS AND SOCIAL! As a vegan culinary artist I get asked all the time, "How do you make that?!" So I decided to start this group to share some secrets on how to make delicious vegan meals. But I also wanted this to be an opportunity for people to meet and socialize with likeminded individuals so having in home cooking classes seemed like the best idea! In the Los Angeles Vegan Cooking Class and Social you will get hands on help to create an e …

This group includes people who are interested in improving their personal health and want learn the art of cooking naturally with organic ingredients. You can learn to prepare foods that can nourish your whole body and have fun with friends at the same time.

Do you love to cook, explore new techniques and experiment with ingredients? Come share a good meal with friends who understand the passion of cooking (and eating, of course) and we'll teach each other! Food is the focus of each gathering; the way it is prepared, served and the way it tastes. Being able to enjoy it with friends makes the experience much better! Whether you like to cook or just like to eat---come and join us!! Talent, ability, skill etc... not required. Just show up, be willing …

This group is for anyone curious about vegan cooking! Every Saturday we'll meet at Throop Hall in Pasadena where a different guest vegan chef will teach. After class we'll all share a meal based on what we just learned to make!

A social community centered on cooking and conversations, where friends and soon-to-be friends cook and talk together while enjoying tasty dishes. How it works. Bring the ingredients necessary for everyone to try a little bit of your dish, grill, extra knives & cutting boards (if you have them) and a bottle of wine per person. When you arrive 1) Check in 3) Pour yourself some wine 4) Start making your dish 5) Drink some more wine 6) Help your new friends 7) Bang on a pot when your dish is finish …

For people who are interested in going to vegan cooking & raw food vegan classes, as well as plant-based nutritional lectures.

The purpose of this group is to create more health,vitality, energy & abundance through developing skills in delicious Asian cooking.  Please join us if you are passionate or curious about tapping into your innate vitality through Asian cooking, wellness, and health while having a great time!

Dine with and meet other food bloggers in the L.A. area. We choose different restaurants and chat over great food and our love for blogging. Whether you blog about food photography, cooking/baking, restaurant reviews, or just about your love for food all types of food bloggers are welcome! We will plan monthly meetups for dinner, lunch, or brunch at restaurants throughout Los Angeles.  These meetups are casual and intimate, a great way to meet like-minded people over great food, wine, and conv …

This is a group dedicated to vegetarian cooking. I started this group to support people that are new to being vegetarian/vegan, people interested in incorporating more veggies in their meals and anyone interested in finding meat and/or dairy substitutes. There is no judgment in this group, no matter your eating habits. Everyone is welcome, vegetarians, vegans and omnivores alike. Lets get together at your home or mine. We could also do baby showers, birthday parties, moms' night out, and anythin …

We will formally launch this program to the Beach Cities communities on April 10th at Beach Cities Health District - Lower Level, 514 N. Prospect Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 at 6:00 pm. You can join a group in person! This is a group for anyone who is interested in making friends eating a healthier, primarily plant-based diet. Our group focuses on socializing and eating healthy. You do NOT have to be a vegetarian or vegan to join our group... everyone is welcome! You just have to have a desire …

Grub Connection - A group for  FOODIES who LOVE, KNOW and APPRECIATE Great Food & Wine and want to connect with others who feel the same! Perhaps your family and current group of friends don't quite get your Passion for food? Are you interested in meeting other foodies in your age range ( 40+) who love trying new restaurants and recipes as much as you do? If you can relate to all of the above, we're the meet up group for you! How we operate is Simple! Click on the Suggest Tab on our site and pos …

I searched and could not find a local group that included people, like me, who are living the gluten free lifestyle. I'd like our group to be filled with great, supportive and sharing friends who can encourage each other, share recipes and favorite foods, dining out, wine tasting, bbq's and dinner parties. Anyone can join who is interested in learning more about living Gluten Free!

About This group is for people wanting to find secret dining events. It is also a place for people planning to hold a secret dining event to advertise and sign up guests. What is secret dining? Secret dining is when someone uses their house or some other space to run a cross between an amateur restaurant and an intimate dinner party. Hosts serve up a menu of fresh home cooked dishes and guests make a donation or bring a gift to so say thank you. (A recommended donation can be specified in advan …

Many people desire to be healthier, but don't know where to begin.  If you want to take charge of your health and well being while eating delicious foods and having fun at the same time, welcome aboard! Join us  Market  demonstrations and cooking classes on how to incorporate wholesome nutritionally dense foods into your diet. Whether you are new to healthy eating, vegetarian, vegan, carnivore or omnivore, welcome! Check out www.EatUnprocessed.com for free recipes and www.HealthyTasteofLA.com t …

Glendale's Shared Table ~ Dinner Exchange & Community Food Events The focus of this group is to meet others in the local area who would like to cook together and share healthy cooking ideas. We will have some social events (to meet folks), field trips (to explore new foods and shopping experiences), and monthly Make & Take Cooking Events.

PIZZA LOVERS! UNITE! Pizza Club of L.A. is a monthly meetup of totally awesome pizza enthusiasts who try various pizza places in LA. Once or twice a month, members will decide on a new pizza place to meet at & taste an array of pizzas over silly conversation & good times! :) Ready to get saucy & join?! All new members will be asked to go through the "Initiation Process" for their first meeting.  This will entail you making a pizza of your choice for the group to try.  Remember that it DOES NOT h …

The purpose of this group is to get together and have potlucks full of delicious vegan food.  If you're new to vegan recipes, check out some here:  http://pinterest.com/lilmags44/vegan-recipes/

Hi everyone, I'm Laurent. I'm gonna be organizer of Los Angeles Iron Chefs for a while. But the most simple for everyone will be to join my main group which is: http://www.meetup.com/Cooking-Classes-with-a-Fun-French-C... After learning cooking in France, working in England, Belgium of course in France and for the last 3 years in Los Angeles, many of my friends and relation keep asking me about doing some cooking classes, and i done already a bunch of it in France and Belgium and it was always …

We are the largest foodie group in Southern California. Meet People Interested in Dining Out, cooking, baking or drinking in L.A.! Enjoy & share culinary talents with our 4,000+ fellow foodies, gourmets, wine lovers, chefs and home cooks. Discover new restaurants, visit Food Festivals, grab some cheap eats, check out the latest foodie trucks, farmers markets, wine tastings & meet new friends. Learn about dining discounts too. Let's broaden our horizons and get together for some themed potluck di …

If you've seen the movie that Roger Ebert raved about, and many people you know are talking about, let's get together and share our experiences. Our founder Dr. Kaaren Douglas is a physician, a 20+ year vegetarian, and great comfort food cook. Her wish to help individuals starting down this path for the first time to be successful. Our goal is help with cooking classes and suggestions to feed one or a family, and to be happy and feel well fed.