A friendly and inviting group of neighborhood locals looking to expand their culinary skills, learn about unique cultural dishes, enjoy good food and wine, and get to know more people living both in SOMA and throughout the city. The SF Social-Cooking series is a casual and cozy workshop that will feature a guest chef from local restaurants spanning a wide array of ethnic cuisines, unique wines or exotic desserts, all in support of local businesses. The environment is casual and will follow a sim …

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 …

Welcome! We're glad you found us. Our group's mission and purpose is simple: Live, Laugh and Learn Live: Meet up with other young mid-peninsula couples in the area and have a great time. We meet at great restaurants, desert locales, lounges, and even do the occasional potluck! We're all about great food, a glass of wine or two and awesome company. Laugh: We're positive minded and love to hang out with other folks that share the same outlook on life. We see the humor in life, and don't take ourse …

If you are absolutely obsessed with wine and chocolate than you gotta check out the events we do! When appeasing your cravings for chocolate & wine look no further. Chocolate Walks, wine tours, tastings, dinners (chocolate & wine themed), wine hikes, chocolate factory tours, chocolate and wine picnics and more! Let's embrace our love of chocolate and wine together! CHINE!

Would you like to increase your social circle? Meet Chinese Americans? Socialize and network with friendly and honest Chinese Americans? This meet up group is for young Chinese Americans that like to have fun and do exciting things. Kayaking, rock climbing, sailing, and mountain bike riding are some of the outdoor activities that we will do on weekends. Indoor activities will include bar hoping, wine tasting, Chinese dessert sampling, and karaokeing. Please let me know if you can add on to the l …

Potluck parties have an element of surprise. You get to taste foods that you would probably not make yourself. If you are looking to connect with great people, and to foster a stronger sense of community over delicious food this would be an excellent place to begin! We will gather at least once a month in a member's home.  Any member can host and suggest a meetup.  Whoever is hosting the potluck will decide on a theme (French, tapas, citrus, etc.) and/or activity (movie night, pictionary, etc), …

Hello! This is a group for people who want to go out to the theater to see all kinds of movies: indie, documentaries, block busters, horror, sci fi, fantasy, you name it. If it looks good, I am open to potentially checking it out. In most cases, I will choose theaters in the Oakland and Berkeley area, near a Bart station. Dinner may or may not be included, depending on my schedule for that day. After the movie, we can go to a cafe for drinks, dessert and discussion. I'm looking forward to meet …

Do you love cupcakes? They're small, bite-sized and utterly yummy! What's not to like, right? Over the past few years I've enjoyed the cupcake craze started by Sex and the City in New York and Los Angeles. I've visited the original Magnolia and Crumbs bakeries in those fine cities, now I want to explore cupcake yumminess in the Bay Area with other cupcake fans. Every month or so we'll visit a cupcake venue, compare flavors and textures, and share our opinions. I look forward to meeting you over …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning more about the origins of tea and practice mindfulness in tea drinking. As modern lifestyle has often led to increased stress and isolation from our spiritual and physical health, I would like to share my experience with using tea as a way to heal our mind, body and spirit. I will be hosting regular tea appreciation events or workshops to introduce a variety of tea that is complementary to each season and to individual body type constitution base …

This group is for anyone interested in learning Indian cooking, both meat or vegetarian dishes i.e. proteins, veggies or starch. All cooking skills levels are welcome as there will be classes for all levels - the first time cook or advanced chef. I have been asked SOO many times about how I cook that I figured I can start building my own recipe book while teaching it ! I have been a meetup member for several years with different groups, so like the format of interaction and getting to make frien …

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 …

What food inspires passion and excitement in your? If you say, "chocolate," then this is the Meetup group for you. Meet with people who love chocolate? eating it, tasting it, trying it, cooking with it, and living with really great chocolate. Come to chocolate salons, chocolate tastings, wine events, cooking classes, chef demos, book signings (The Chocolate Guide, 2008), and other tasty stuff.

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 …

For those who love to try new restaurants, new foods with new people. At each event, we'll dine at two or more restaurants e.g. appetizers at one place, entrees at another, and drinks and dessert at maybe yet another. Food Crawls are brought to you by Anubhav, CEO and founder of FoodCamera (http://foodcamera.com).

Moving Laughing and Dancing Circle for Meditation -awakening in ``Spirit`` as ``Spirit`` This Circle was created with the aim to support our awakening and healing process and spiritual practices . This Circle is a community of loving, caring people who love truth, beauty and goodness. The Circle provides a safe, loving and empowering space for awakening to unfold in all types of people; in their body, mind and spirit through various tools of movement, dance and meditation. Our practices comes …

Our mission is to provide fun and memorable culinary experiences by creating deliciously fun cooking classes. We will create a theme menu and you will help prepare the meals. This will be a great opportunity to meet new people and expand your repertoire. We will meet at a home in San Francisco, have a drink and hors d'œuvre before diving in to cooking and preparing the meal. Some of the more time consuming dishes will be prepared 40-60% ahead of time. Ingredients and equipments are provided and …