The Point
A restaurant wants your table back.
Hosting at home puts you at the stove.
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This does neither.
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This is an event, not a quick dinner.
About three hours, a story before every course, and nobody rushed.
(That includes you.)
Pick a nightÂ
Tell me the date and who's coming.
It's free and holds nothing.
How it works and what it costs
I confirm within a day
Within 24 hours I confirm your date, your kitchen, anyone's dietary needs. A 50% deposit holds the date.
You invite your people.
I cook.
I arrive in the afternoon, tell the story before every course, and leave your kitchen as I found it. You enjoy your event and your company.
The price - plainly
$900 for up to six guests, you included. Each seat after that is $150, up to ten.  Wine is separate. I recommend what to buy and why, and I make nothing on it.
Coming up
NOVEMBER 2026
Normandy
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Too cold for wine, so it built its table from cream, cider, and the sea. Mussels, scallops, a pause for Calvados, chicken in cider, two cheeses, rice pudding.
DECEMBER 2026
Lisbon and the Tagus
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A Christmas table built from things Portugal did not make: salt cod from the north, a king cake from Paris.
December: Lisbon and the Tagus.
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A Christmas table built from things Portugal did not make: salt cod from the north, a king cake from Paris.
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"This dinner was more than just a meal.Â
It was an event, a history lesson of a place far away - brought right to your own dining room table."
Duane Pierson
Host, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Aug 2026Â
ServSafe certified
Food safety standards in your kitchen
$1M liability insurance
Certificate on request
24-hour reply
A request holds nothing and costs nothing
Your kitchen, left as found
Dishwasher loaded
Pull up a chair.
Tell me where you want to go, and who's coming. I'll take it from there.
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Dinner, built around one region's history, in Colorado Springs area.
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