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6.24.2009

Eating In is Totally In!

I just recently found out about this non-profit organization (through Tricia), called Eat-In. An Eat-In is a group of people gathering in public in order to share a home-cooked meal.
Essentially it's using the simple idea of a potluck to make a powerful political statement about the value of sharing food, cooking from home, and bring the communities together. These Eat-In "potlucks"can be as big as 250 plus people dining all together! AWESOME!!
The very first Eat-In meal happened in Delores Park in SF back in 2008 that coincided with Slow Food Nation. I just think it's a great way to just get people out and share an awesome meal for the hell of it! Now people have organized various Eat-Ins in different cities and countries from around the world!
This Eat-Ins took place in Stuttgart, Germany, I love how they even rolled out the red carpet to dine in the middle of a plaza!
It's totally inspiring to see the amazing images of all these gatherings...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Seattle??

4 comments:

jamie said...

oh yes! please please please can we make this happen here????

so amazing!

(ps i am always so happy when there is a little (1) next to ladies and gentlemen home on my google reader. makes me so happy.)

Audrie said...

Such a wonderful idea!!! I'm a huge fan of eating in with friends, so this just makes it a million times more fun!

Unknown said...

Hey you should look up the Slow Food Seattle. They have these at least once or twice a year. I've never been able to go, but they look awesome!

isabelle said...

this sounds wonderful! and delicious!