Comments on: Reason for Not Eating Out #25: Creative Dating

By: Get Cooking! with The Art of Eating In - Santa Cruz Local Foods

Get Cooking! with The Art of Eating In - Santa Cruz Local Foods — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:13:37 +0000

[...] And this is a young girl, a cute girl. One who the fellas might want to take on a date. In this town, a date basically equals a restaurant trip. What’s a girl to do? I am reminded of the Beavans of No Impact Man, and how when they gave up eating out, they sort of fell in love with dinner parties and family time. Erway, too, reminds us—both on the blog and in her book—that there are many more fun and creative ways to court a person than going to a restaurant. Her #25 reason for not eating out? Creative dating. [...]

By: Jerusha Klemperer: Get Cooking With The Art of Eating In | Old People News

Jerusha Klemperer: Get Cooking With The Art of Eating In | Old People News — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:47:52 +0000

[...] And this is a young girl, a cute girl. One who the fellas might want to take on a date. In this town, a date basically equals a restaurant trip. What’s a girl to do? I am reminded of the Beavans of No Impact Man, and how when they gave up eating out, they sort of fell in love with dinner parties and family time. Erway, too, reminds us–both on the blog and in her book–that there are many more fun and creative ways to court a person than going to a restaurant. Her #25 reason for not eating out? Creative dating. [...]

By: joe

joe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:09:17 +0000

One of my first dates with my girlfriend was simply staying in and preparing your fried green eggplant with peach salsa that was posted last july. We enjoyed this private meal more than most of the restaurants we’ve visited since then. it was because we both cooked together in her small kitchen that made it as special of a dinner as it was… of course it came out great, and it looked as good as it tasted; so we took pictures to remember it by. we’ve been together for 9 months, and the catalyst was that date.

By: hoppie

hoppie — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:26:01 +0000

restaurant dates are wildly overrated. you pay alot, and it’s kind of pressury. but cooking together is intimate – i think it’s too intimate for a first date unless you’re trying to get laid right away. it’s not good to oversell yourself.
i’ll be landing in brooklyn on january first. since i don’t know any hotshit restaurants there, i won’t even know how to make a hotshit impression.

oh god. dating sucks.

By: matherine

matherine — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:19:35 +0000

i think a “cook at home” date is less stressful than a restaurant date–you are in control of every aspect from the music to the speed of service, etc.. maybe it’s just me, but i feel more relaxed on a date if it is just the two of us without the rigamarole of the ordering process and the crowd of other people milling around. plus, it makes obsolete the question, “your place or mine?”

By: Nora

Nora — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:26:45 +0000

I love this post — and I hadn’t read that rather racy post from last year.

I presume some of the things left unsaid will end up in the book — can’t wait.

By: Bri

Bri — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:30:26 +0000

I love this post (and your site in general – I have been reading it for a couple of years now). It seems every time you go on a date in NY the men are just so braggy- trying to impress with the “now” restaurant. Yawn! As much as I do love to eat out in New York – I would love for a guy to try to woo me as creatively as any of these ideas you have posted here!

By: Miss Tiffie

Miss Tiffie — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:33:35 +0000

I JUST SAW YOU ON ASK AIDA

You’re so cute!!! Haha… too bad they didn’t let you air the original tape you wanted :]

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:25:13 +0000

I like this too much to get into the subtext.

But, thank you, Cathy…

By: James

James — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:03:10 +0000

Making tamales is great example of the cook-at-home date! Plus, it scores you and your date extra points with all of the tamal loving people in your lives.