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Anna Maltby's avatar

I love this sooo much! I recently realized it had been ages since we've had anyone over for dinner and I really miss it — this is such a fun way to make that happen. ALSO my favorite-ever meal I've cooked for my extended family was a Spanish tapas feast, but it literally took the entire day to prepare: I love the idea of kind of assigning the dishes out as a potluck plan!

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Christina Chaey's avatar

Omg a tapas feast would take me out - but is the absolute perfect thing to potluck!

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Anna Maltby's avatar

It was really fun but I was literally cooking nonstop for like six hours 😂

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Bette's avatar

I really like the idea of a semi-structured potluck. I'm reminded of my last one, where I asked people to bring vegetarian sides. Someone brought smoked fish. Um, hello? Next time, I think I'll either nicely assign dishes, or ask ahead of time what people are bringing. It can get to be a pain when some guests are on a restricted diet (my husband: celiac disease) so having a medley of options where people can just pick and choose is really ideal. Yum!

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Christina Chaey's avatar

I lol’d at the smoked fish

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Finding Your Cheese's avatar

Long live the potluck!

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Maggie Hoffman's avatar

The standing date is such a good thing. Scheduling is exhausting and it's so nice to just have a plan that doesn't take a million date-finding texts.

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Agree!! I get overwhelmed by my calendar sometimes

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Hetty Lui McKinnon's avatar

Our collective consciousness demands more together time and I’m here for it!

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

Where are all these potlucks??? Please let me know, ill bring my dslr and create content

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Ibrahim Khan's avatar

Too good 💕

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

Too true

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Harrison's avatar

I love having guests bring food it's so fun to see what everyone comes up with

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Fern's avatar

Thanks for the recommendations! I'm currently on a healing journey back into food so looking for great book recommendations! Will give these a go!

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Alex Beggs's avatar

thought the flex was the moment you pull out Everdell and teach everyone how to play

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Christina Chaey's avatar

Only a select few ever make it through the instructions, you know this

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Georgia Freedman's avatar

I need this bi-weekly potluck schedule! I’ve committed to throwing at least one party a month this summer, and I’m working on convincing friends to do the same, and potlucks are really the solution.

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