Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Practice your Japanese, learn culture, share stories, swap recipes, find the best restaurants or whatever. Join and bring friends. Since we are a growing group, event date/time and location may vary until we achieve wa... or find what works best for everyone! 18 and older and all levels welcome.

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, and other tasty stuff.

This is the meetup group to join for the most variety of Cooking and Food related meetups. We have meetups where all members cook all recipes for a set menu at the meetup, Mini Cooking contests where all vote on the dishes they like the best, Food Themed parties and more. We tend to cook a wide variety of cusines often with recipes from that region. Most of our past meetups have recipe links. All level of cooks as well as +1's are welcome, with our meetups designed to introduce new recipes and a …

Most people love going out and enjoying life and meeting new friends. But it can get pretty expensive quickly, especially here. So this group is all about enjoying things under a budget so that everyone can participate. Sure we may splurge once in a while but we will also do fun things like happy hour, free concerts/events, group dinner deals etc. So we are not a group of cheapies, just smart consumers who wants to maximize their fun time. We're working on several events but if you have a sugg …

A Wine Lovers Meetup interested in exploring new ventures along with finding - pouring - sharing some great wines with old and new friends. ALL MEMBERS MUST DISPLAY A CURRENT RECOGNIZABLE PHOTO BEFORE ATTENDING AN EVENT.

Food, Fashion and Fun for Charity around Seattle, the Eastside and South King County.  No matter what your age, or current situation, fashion, food and culture, can be fun for everyone. Fashion shows, Happy Hours, Dining and Wining, Let's do it all for Charity!

Our group is for anyone who enjoys interesting restaurants, good conversation, leisurely walks and a glass of wine.  We are people who enjoy socializing! Activities and events will be added as members express interest. Most of our activities are in the Clark County area. Please feel free to contact us with ideas, meetup locations, moderate walks or activities of interest to you. Everybody is welcome! Anyone is welcome to host an event. I will try to post two meetups a month: an evening happy ho …

Once upon a time I had a group of friends who had Wednesday night dinners together. Each night we'd have a theme and cook for each other, and those nights live in my memories as some of the best times ever. I'd like to recreate that in Olympia and make some new friends. This is a group for food-lovers and those who love to cook and share their food. We have dinners about once a month, with occasional other get-togethers. It is a group for adults only, but there are no other restrictions - all a …

This group was formed so African American's in the Greater Seattle area can come together and enjoy our good old down home food. Monthly we'll have a pot luck get together and everyone can bring a dish that matches the selected theme. We'll also enjoy some nights dining out at select favorite resturants in the greater Seattle area.

The weekenders are a group of seasoned men and women motorcycle riders that love to get out on the open road, specifically the open winding road. We are non-smokers and are more likely to stay in motels along the way rather then camp. Although we do stay at KOA cabins occasionally. We like good food, not fast food, and enjoy a cocktail or two after the ride. We do occasional day rides, overnighters and some extended rides to motorcycle rally's. All brands and style of bikes are welcome, but our …

Cooking with others is fun!     It is fun to meet  people and share cooking techniques by cooking and eating meals together. This meet up group is for people who: love to cook, like to share cooking techniques, like to make ethnic foods, like to learn new cooking techniques, and who  love to eat freshly cooked food. Cooking together events will be held in the      Prune Kitchen .  The  Prune Kitchen    is the name of my private kitchen space that was constructed to encourage cooking together or …

This is for the Vancouver, Clark County area food lovers. Let's explore our eats. It's not all about Portland right? We can all enjoy some of the Portland Food Festivals and all, but this group is all about "The Couve". I created this group in response to friends that want to explore Vancouver restaurants. Let's explore and dine together!

Calling all grammar police, East coast transplants, BBC news junkies, and anyone else with a bit of intellect, wit, or a big mouth. The purpose of Snarky In Seattle is to provide a place for clever folks, with an over the top sense of humor, to find each other. So if you're a fan of Dane Cook, Margaret Atwood, Seinfeld,  drag shows, basement theater, or Futurama, you'll fit right in. This group is just getting started so this description will evolve. Run-on sentences are my forte. Deal with it, …

This group is for people who love to bake, decorate cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more. We will meetup on weekly/monthly basis for cake decorating classes, dessert potluck, baking parties, baking swaps, demo, exploring the sweet shops around Seattle and more.. Share recipes and ideas, learn new techniques, meet new friends and have fun!

Love samosas and pakoras? Can't get enough of chicken tikka masala and palak paneer? If you love Indian food and want to learn more from ordering it to cooking it, this is a group for you. The idea is to get beyond the standard menu at most Indian restaurants by cooking together and eating at restaurants that showcase regional menus and streetfood. We'll meet about once a month in the Seattle area or Eastside. Any suggestions for events? This is a new group and I'd love to hear your ideas and in …

Think seasonal cooking out of the box, and that's not a Hamburger Helper box! Come meet with us and join our group of adventuresome foodies to be able to make wholesome, seasonal, local foods that turn your mouth into a party. You will find our recipes easy to follow and definitely not your usual fare. Creations your family and friends will want to eat again. Experience with us! FRESH-HEALTHY-SEASONAL

The Cook-Off Club is a group for those of us to who love to cook and sample other's cooking, and don't mind a little friendly competition. The concept is to host a variety of themed cook-offs that give us a chance to expand our skills and showcase some favorite recipes! You don't need to know how to cook a dish prior to signing up for a cook-off. In fact, every cook-off is a chance to come up with exciting variations on a classic dish! You don't have to participate in the competition to attend a …

Looking for health minded individuals and couples who love to juice and have a good time. Bring your favorite juice recipe and dish. We'll provide the place and the juicer and the ingredients.

Anything and everything about wine. This is the group for both wine newbies and afficionados. No pretension. Just great wine and some fun people.

Foodies, gourmets, cooks, chefs, winos, wine enthusiasts, oenophilias, people that love life with a little spice and aromas

We're food makers, beer brewers, entrepreneurs, and artisans. We meet periodically to share ideas, seek advice, and learn what others are doing in Seattle's food startup community.

Let's get together and learn about home roasting coffee. We can form a group and order green coffee beans in bulk to get the best prices. We can do field trips to local coffee roasters. With enough interested folks we could create a tour group and visit coffee plantations in central america, Africa, Jamaica. . . Let your imagination roam.

"Its about people, not food.  We do love food though." Northwest Food Crew is an ever evolving group that we put together with the intent of exploring new dining experiences that will be enriched by the company of new people within a similar age range.  We want to inspire networking and community with food and socializing as the base.

Sharing a meal with others is one of my greatest pleasures. Come join us for lively conversation, abundant laughter and the sheer joy of devouring a fine meal. We will explore the culinary delights of Seattle’s many fine restaurants, many of the Italian, and others too. Buon Appetito!

Who We Are: From food novices to epicurean gourmands, Seattle Foodies always have a great time enjoying delicious food. Join us to share a meal with Real Foodies! It's just 2 bucks to save your seat at one of our communal tables. What We Do: We bring together Real Foodies around delicious food. Our events include restaurant excursions, food truck runs, food crawls, picnics, food festivals, food-related book launch parties, film screenings, benefit galas and more! Our group checks out restaurant …

"FOODISTA: Someone who loves food, in the same vein as fashionista." -urban dictionary. IT'S NEW! FREE MEMBERSHIP AND FOR WOMEN! Looking to make new Foodie friends?  Don't be shy! We're all newbies to this group.  Started in March :) THE SUN IS OUT! Seattle’s popular and up-and-coming restaurants for dinner, Sunday brunch or happy hour with great foodie and girl conversation. Hostess free group, independent ladies with excellent restaurant choices!  Excellent menus, restaurant gossip and networ …

I'd been searching for a group in or around Camas that did things that I love to do. I love reading, watching movies, eating great food and drinking wine. Pretty simple, right? As for food: I love everything...so dinners out is a definite. Wine: red or white is all right with me. Cabernet's are my fave! Movies: I'm a twi-hard (so sue me) but I loooove going to see a new movie with gal pals. Books: I have to admit, I'm a read-a-holic!!!! We'll have a monthly meetup to discuss a good book. We'll e …

Do you know what it means to miss *eating in* New Orleans? This meet up is for anyone who wants to celebrate the food culture of the Crescent City right here in Portland. Depending on the interest of members, I envision future meet ups to include: Creole & Cajun dinner parties with wine pairings at a nominal charge per person Potluck dinners Outings to Cajun/Creole restaurants around PDX Notices about Louisiana musicians performing in town/performances by local artists who play NOLA jazz