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Chuck’s Supper Club: A Prelude to Spring
Around this time of year, most of us are weary of cold winter weather and crave the light, fresh flavors of spring. Here you'll find a supper club menu that offers a taste of the new season. Ideal for a casual Sunday gathering, this meal features ingredients that are harbingers of spring—slender spears of asparagus, stalks of rhubarb and an herb known as sorrel, which lends its pleasantly tart tang to a pureed soup. The recipes are simple, allowing the delicate flavors of the food to shine.
Chuck’s Supper Club: Pizza Menu
What better way to while away a cold winter evening than by cooking a meal with close friends—and then savoring the food you've prepared? To help you host a supper club in your home, we've created a menu that features pizza as the main course. It's a dish that's ideal for group cooking.

We offer recipes for two varieties of pizza: a classic Italian Margherita with tomatoes and cheese, and onion confit (pissaladière), a favorite from Provence. As the host, you can make the pizza dough in advance and keep it refrigerated. Then your guests can prepare the toppings and bake their creations.

To round out the meal, we suggest a simple salad of escarole and endive garnished with gorgonzola and walnuts. It’s an easy dish for novice cooks to prepare. For dessert, indulge in rich chocolate espresso bars. They need time to cool after the glaze is applied, so the dessert team should bake the bars before the pizzas go into the oven (the batter comes together quickly).

When your guests arrive, one team can assemble a simple appetizer of olives brightened with orange for everyone to snack on while preparing the meal. Pour wine and mineral water, and let the chopping and dicing begin!
Chuck’s Supper Club: An Elegant Dinner
It's the middle of winter, and you're slipping into the "what's-for-dinner" doldrums. Here's an idea: Host a supper club party in your home. Invite some friends over, tie on aprons and prepare a special dinner together, then linger over a leisurely meal.

We've created an elegant menu that's guaranteed to boost your spirits. It showcases cold-weather produce at its peak, including broccoli, fennel and citrus. This menu is designed for eight people, working in teams of two. With everyone lending a hand, the meal will come together in no time—and you’ll have fun preparing it, too. Here's how we suggest you organize the party:

The base for the pomelo-mint sorbet needs to be refrigerated for at least 6 hours, so as the host, you should prepare this in advance. On the night of the party, one team can freeze the sorbet in an ice cream maker.

Team 1: Prepare the tapenade and crostini for an appetizer and set it out for everyone to snack on while they cook. Then the team can finish making the sorbet.

Team 2: Make the broccoli-leek soup.

Team 3: Prepare the roasted potatoes. Because they require 45 to 55 minutes to roast, the potatoes should go into the oven as soon as possible (after Team 1 bakes the crostini). Then Team 3 can cook the braised fennel on the stovetop.

Team 4: Prepare the lamb chops. They can go into the oven after the potatoes are taken out.

Before you know it, your kitchen will feel warm and cozy, filled with good friends, lively conversation and enticing aromas. What could be more comforting on a cold winter evening?