The Ghetto Gourmet

a wandering supperclub for lovers of fine cookin, cool art and new friends...

all sinners welcome.

Thanks for checking in on the Ghetto Gourmet.
We began as a monday night "pirate restaurant" in a basement apartment in Oakland, CA in early 2004. Here's a pic of our original digs...

Today, we're a wandering supperclub of chefs, performers, hosts and foodies making one-night-only dining events happen for our members and friends.
We're just one of the many "online social dining projects" that have emerged over the last few years. Check out The Movement for some press and links to projects all over the world!
We'll have some fresh GG events up in the next couple weeks. I've had a much needed restful month off here in Nashville, TN cooking up yummy new dishes with my bro Joe and the G-ma.
I think that's it. Looking forward to a great Oh!8! and hope to see you at dinner. Thanks for all your support and encouragement; eat right, have fun and be well.
jer

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Chicks With Knives Dinner Extravaganza

We hope you (and friends) will come join us - Chicks with Knives - for a renegade restaurant dinner extravaganza, on May 17th at 7pm. So what does that mean? That means that for $35 you will get ... Continue

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Started by Pace Webb May 1

New Dining opportunity in the High Desert
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May 8th 2008, new supper club Bistro Escondido will be hosting it's first meeting at a location in Pioneertown. Still working out the menu details but we do expect this to be a very welcome alterna... Continue

Started by Bistro Escondido. Last reply by Bistro Escondido Apr 29.

Intriguing blogpost about underground dining

Here, deepdishdreams talks about Zingara Cucina and her own adventures in dinnerparties. And here, deepdish gives a really thorough outline of what it takes to start an underground restaurant. Continue

Tagged: how-to, australia

Started by thejer Apr 29

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Check out Dine on Design in Brooklyn This Weekend!!!

Go check out "Dine on Design" at Monkeytown HQ

"Where do design, supper clubs and the avant-garde intersect? How d… Continue

Posted by thejer on May 13th, 2008 at 2:03pm — No Comments (Add)

Regarding Donating to Help In Burma

I have been getting a lot of comments from people about what is being said on the news regarding donating to the tragedy in Burma. This is a first hand report from a family member about the situation. They know what they are doing and are honest and direct reporters. There are ways to help the people in Burma.... May 12, 2008 Dear All, I know you are hearing a lot on the news about what isn’t going well here in terms of delivery of assistance to cyclone survivors. You’re hearing about supply… Continue

Posted by HellaD on May 13th, 2008 at 4:00am — No Comments (Add)

Virginia Woolf as inspiration?

Allow me to get literary for a minute, OK? Whenever I get ready to throw a party, I can't help but think of Virgina Woolf's famous first line: "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." She was a privileged woman, after all, but she insists on no servants, thank you, and no ride to the flower shop. She was throwing a party that night, and more than anything, SHE wanted to go walk through the streets of London to pick up the flowers herself. En route, she falls in madly love with e… Continue

Posted by GGMSP on May 8th, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Online dining was born green....

i recently got a call from a reporter at newsweek who asked if i knew of any online social dining projects with a green angle. While there's been plenty said about the greenwashing of our current media, it led me to think of just how… Continue

Posted by thejer on May 8th, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Ghet up, stand up!

Dear friends, The Ghetto Girls are your friends Angela and Carrie, and this is an invitation to our new social dining project. A few months ago, daydreaming about finding new outlets for creativity, we realized we were having similar ideas. At the same time Carrie was imagining casual conversation featuring classic dishes for good friends, Angela was testing recipes to gain enough experience to moonlight as a caterer one day. Together, we’d like to feed our daydreams and do the things we love… Continue

Posted by GGMSP on April 21st, 2008 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments (Add)

May 4 - Canvas Underground Dinner (Oakland, CA)

Chef Peter Jackson of Canvas Underground has put together a fabulous menu that will titillate your tastebuds! Expect to meet fellow foodies and be entertained by a surprise performing artist. Dinner is in Rockridge/North Oakland on Sunday, May 4, starting at 6:30pm. There are… Continue

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how about May 10?

Ang and Carrie's dinner concoction turned speakeasy turned Ghetto Gourmet. Whatever we call it, I'm sure we'll meet new people and eat good food.

Posted by GGMSP on April 14th, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments (Add)

our friend's at studiofeast in NYC have some seats available

Special Guest Chefs MATT DELISO MONICA GLASS Saturday, April 12th 8:00pm For the April edition of studiofeast | presents, we bring you two burgeoning talents from the New York culinary scene who are poised for big things in the coming months: Matt Deliso and Monica Glass. These two a… Continue

Posted by thejer on April 10th, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Food Network Sighting - Bobby Flay's Throwdown (Paella)

Woo-hoo, me and fellow Ghetto Gourmette (Jen B.) got to participate in a Food Network filming. The stage was The Cannery and the show was Bobby Flay's Throwdown -- against Gerard… Continue

Posted by Vera Devera on April 8th, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Leif Hedenal has a great concept dinner in the SF Bay next week!

SOIL TO STUDIO FARM TO TABLE

join us for a very special evening at Grandma Mary's Farm in El Cerrito. Sasha Duerr, founder of the Permacouture Institute ( www.permacouture.org), is going to conduct a plant-based dyes studio workshop. Follow… Continue

Posted by thejer on April 6th, 2008 at 12:01pm — No Comments (Add)

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