Cookboyzmsp

Hello CookboyzMSP,

Our June 13 Cookboyz picnic food was a delicious variety of foods. Well done!! Thank you Paul Mittlestadt for once again hosting a fun event. Many years of thank you!!

Our July 11 BBQ feast will have BBQ ribs provided by Stuart!! Our food theme will be BBQ Feast sides and desserts. Let’s hope for amazing mid summer weather for this awesome feast. I am excited!

RAINY WEATHER will cancel the event. This is a backyard BBQ event so watch the weather as we get close. I will send an email if we need to cancel.

Stuart Job
2120 James Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411

612 331 4006

There is lots of free street parking in the area.

START TIMES: We have a social hour with appetizers, if any, from 6pm to 7pm then introductions and food. We typically wrap up between 8 and 10 pm.

HOSTING: November 2026 and much of 2027 are open for hosting. The host may change the food theme. If you are able to host an event please contact me at Jerome S Hager via Facebook messenger or at Jerome.s.Hager at gmail. A typical month is about 20 to 30 people. Hosting details are included later in this note.

COOKBOYZMSP RULES:
Attendees are expected to bring a food dish to share and a bottle of wine, if you plan to drink, but please do not feel intimidated by the theme. Bring whatever food you are comfortable making or buying (from a really good deli, store, or restaurant.)
**If it is your first CookboyzMSP event, bringing only a bottle of wine is just fine. Enjoy the food as our guest. But, if you wish to bring a dish, please do.
**Stay in area of the home/yard the host has set up for the Cookboyz event.. Do not "tour" the host's home unless invited to do so by the host.

Cookboyz Membership:
CookboyzMSP was originally established for Gay, Bi, and Trans men and their allies. We are open to all GLTQ+ and allies so long as they do not vote Republican. Please ask new members to add their own names to the mailing list directly on Google Groups under CookboyzMSP and/or to "like" CookboyzMSP on Facebook. You can also respond to this email with new members email address and I would be glad to add them.

Hosting a Cookboyz event:
If you have enough space please consider hosting a Cookboyz event. The host may change the theme. The host supplies non alcoholic drinks such as water, napkins, plastic stuff including dinner plates, desert plates, forks, spoons, knives, serving utensils, trash containers, name tags, wine bottle opener, bottle opener, a couple very large tables for food, and large trash & recycle containers. Set up is easy...clean up a bit more work, but take your pick of the men and ask for help. We typically get around 20 to 40 wonderful men at each event. Larger party rooms at condo or apartment buildings work great for hosting Cookboyz. If you have access to this type of space please consider hosting.


CookboyzMSP host schedule:

2026
July 11. BBQ feast, Stuart Job, Minneapolis
Aug 8. Central American Foods & Swim. Kevin Boedigheimer, Golden Valley
Sept 12. Fall harvest delicacies, Matthew Schiller & Wilson Coker, Richfield
Oct 10. Hot dish/casseroles, 5:30 start time, Patrick Macken and Joseph Maldonado, Minnetonka Beach
Nov 14. Caribbean foods,
Dec 5. Holiday feast, Bill Johnson, DT Mpls

2027
Jan 8. Soups, Stews and salads, Joe Mitzel, So Mpls
Feb 13. Foods you love for Valentine’s Day
Mar 13. Eastern European Foods
April 10. African continent foods
May 8. Mothers Day, foods your mother loved
June 12. Summer Picnic Foods
July 10. South American Foods
Aug 14. Summber salads and BBQ, Paul Middlestadt, DT MPLS
Sept 11. Fall harvest and vegitarian foods
Oct 9. South and SE Asian Foods,
Nov 13. Caribbean Foods
Dec 4. Holiday favorites

Hosting: We have October and November this year open for hosting…if you can host please send me an email. Jerome.s.hager at gmail.com. We will skip months where no hosts available, no worries. I have added 2027 months for hosting. Thank you to our amazing hosts.

Our March event was delightful with the South American theme. The impending snow storm held off so the drive home was ok. Thank you to Paulino for hosting…and thanks to the dozen people showing up on a snowy evening with delicious foods. We are a smaller in numbers but still a fabulous and fun group of men. Oh, and can they cook!

Our April 11 is in St Paul with a theme “Southern US and Creole Foods”.

Rob Williams
Way Cool Cooking School
1824 Grand Avenue
St Paul, MN 55105

612 810 2925

START TIMES: We have a social hour with appetizers, if any, from 6pm to 7pm then introductions and food. We typically wrap up between 8 and 10 pm.

HOSTING: Two months in 2026 and much of 2027 are open for hosting. The host may change the food theme. If you are able to host an event please contact me at Jerome S Hager via Facebook messenger or at Jerome.s.Hager at gmail. A typical month is about 20 to 35 people. Hosting details are included later in this note.

COOKBOYZMSP RULES:
Attendees are expected to bring a food dish to share and a bottle of wine, if you plan to drink, but please do not feel intimidated by the theme. Bring whatever food you are comfortable making or buying (from a really good deli, store, or restaurant.)
**If it is your first CookboyzMSP event, bringing only a bottle of wine is just fine. Enjoy the food as our guest. But, if you wish to bring a dish, please do.
**Stay in area of the home/yard the host has set up for the Cookboyz event.. Do not "tour" the host's home unless invited to do so by the host.

Cookboyz Membership:
CookboyzMSP was originally established for Gay, Bi, and Trans men and their allies. We are open to all GLTQ+ and allies so long as they do not vote Republican. Please ask new members to add their own names to the mailing list directly on Google Groups under CookboyzMSP and/or to "like" CookboyzMSP on Facebook. You can also respond to this email with new members email address and I would be glad to add them.

Hosting a Cookboyz event:
If you have enough space please consider hosting a Cookboyz event. The host may change the theme. The host supplies non alcoholic drinks such as water, napkins, plastic stuff including dinner plates, desert plates, forks, spoons, knives, serving utensils, trash containers, name tags, wine bottle opener, bottle opener, a couple very large tables for food, and large trash & recycle containers. Set up is easy...clean up a bit more work, but take your pick of the men and ask for help. We typically get around 20 to 40 wonderful men at each event. Larger party rooms at condo or apartment buildings work great for hosting Cookboyz. If you have access to this type of space please consider hosting.


CookboyzMSP host schedule:

2026
April 11. Southern US and Creole foods. Rob Williams, STP
May 9. Quiches and Pies, Steven Ahola, Robinsdale
June 13. Picnic foods, Paul Middlestadt, DT Mpls
July 11. BBQ feast, Stuart Job, Minneapolis
Aug 8. Central American Foods & Swim. Kevin Boedigheimer, Golden Valley
Sept 12. Fall harvest delicacies, Matthew Schiller & Wilson Coker, Richfield
Oct 10. Hot dish/casseroles,
Nov 14. Caribbean foods,
Dec 5. Holiday feast, Bill Johnson, DT Mpls

2027
Jan 8. Soups, Stews and salads, Joe Mitzel, So Mpls
Feb 13. Foods you love for Valentine’s Day
Mar 13. Eastern European Foods
April 10. African continent foods
May 8. Mothers Day, foods your mother loved
June 12. Summer Picnic Foods
July 10. South American Foods
Aug 14. Summber salads and BBQ, Paul Middlestadt, DT MPLS
Sept 11. Fall harvest and vegitarian foods
Oct 9. South and SE Asian Foods,
Nov 13. Caribbean Foods
Dec 4. Holiday favorites