First Post

Now that most would consider us adults, it seemed only right to learn how to cook.  Growing up and living in a small town, eventually we got sick of eating at the same places over and over again.  The combination of these two ideas led us to begin our Sun and Wolf Wednesday dinners.  

Start: On Sundays or Mondays we usually start to think of a menu.  This mostly happens by one of us wanting to try something and the other giving suggestions. 
Planning: We then look for recipes on foodnetwork.com, seriouseats.com, allrecipes.com, Google, cookbooks, newspaper clippings, our minds.  On Tuesday the mass texts are sent out.  This is how our Wednesday dinners become possible: our friends.  We charge $5 a head on average and in return we supply food that would otherwise cost more.  
The Challenge(s): While we charge $5 per person, not everyone remembers to bring money every time.  Therefore, we (I) initiate the annoying conversation of "who paid" and "who owes me next week."  The other challenge, because there is usually more than one, is breaking even.  We get a head count ahead of time and try and not spend above that (i.e. 10 people, including us two, are eating.  We have $50).  This has happened... once.  We are still working on it.  
The Execution: On Wednesdays, we go food shopping after work.  This is usually at 5:30 and takes about 45 minutes from start to finish.  Our two supermarkets of choice are H-Mart and Pathmark.  (H-Mart is cheaper, has better produce, and is a more enjoyable experience.  Pathmark has more selection of basic canned and packaged foods and is next to a liquor store.)  After we food shop we time out how long it is going to take and either sit around drinking for an hour (always a mistake) or start cooking right away.  For some reason, we have never figured out the timing just right and we usually end up eating sometime after 9 (I guess this is another challenge).  People usually arrive between 8 and 9.
The Food: This obviously varies per week although international style burritos have made more than one appearance.  Overall we have received positive feedback.  We will try and remember to take pictures so those can be included as well.

What you can expect from our blog:  Pictures, recipes, and the small details of our dinner parties that are only interesting to our friends.

Enjoy!