Once a month I pick a theme, everybody goes off and makes something, and then for one night it all comes out on the table together. That's the whole idea.
The November theme hasn't been picked yet, and I'm taking suggestions. Tell me what you'd want to cook with and I'll put it in the running. Suggest a theme →
The first one was October 1st, 2026, cooking with sound, music, and party. Nine dishes came in and there are pictures from the night if you want to see how it went.
How it works
Every month I pick a theme with a few categories. Everyone goes off and makes something, then drops it off before the night of the dinner party, so I can set the table and check everything over first. On dinner night, I put it all out on the table.
After the party, since we're expecting a lot of dishes, I'll leave them on the party table for a day or two before folding your dish in with all the others.
That's it. No voting, no leaderboard. Just a bigger table than usual, for one night.
You don't have to wait
I'm still putting new dishes on the table every single day, whether or not there's a dinner coming up. Whatever you've made, submit whenever you're ready and it goes up like normal. The dinner party isn't a gate, it's just an extra spotlight for one night.
And you don't have to make something on theme to come to the next one. If what you're building has nothing to do with it, bring it anyway.
Bring your recipe, if you want
I'd encourage you to add a few instructions inside your app so people know what they're looking at. And if you're comfortable, share your recipe inside it too: totally optional, but it means someone else can copy it and make their own version of the dish. Think deviled eggs, then deviled eggs with bacon.
My own Blabberbox 3000 does this. Open the app, scroll to the bottom, tap "Open the Back," and the code is right there to copy. That's the pattern, if you want a working example to build from.
Who's invited
This is for people making stuff for fun: hobbyists, tinkerers, folks with a side project and no plans to sell anything. Try to avoid sign-ins if you can. If you've been meaning to build something and just needed an excuse, this is it.
Pull up a chair.