Let's explore Portland's food cart culture together!

Living Raw is the activity of engaging in life fully, openly, inspirationally, and zestfully! In the pursuit of Living Raw in Portland together, we will promote and support raw foods and nutrition, weave our fabric of community, engage our spirituality and connectivity with nature, contribute in tangible ways to our many overlapping communities, and grow our communal inspirations as our membership grows. In so doing, we shall inspire not only those around us, but also ourselves. Our events are …

Our Community Pantry is a buying club with members all over the Portland metro area, focused on the collective purchase of raw, organic, super-fresh nuts, seeds, berries, seaweeds and more. We pay close attention to the sourcing of the foods we buy together, order them once every month, and distribute them within just a few days of receiving them, keeping the freshness of the product at the highest standard possible. This meetup functions to organize our distribution. To read more about the Pant …

Welcome!  We are a community learning about health and fitness from an evolutionary perspective. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors were healthy, strong, and lean, living free of many of the degenerative diseases, physical ailments and mental disorders modern humans experience. Anthropological findings provide insight about ancestral ways of life that we can incorporate in to our contemporary culture, such as real food; optimal sleep; sun exposure; slow, strengthening and sprinting movements; play; s …

If you are looking to connect with great people, foster a stronger sense of community by cooking and sharing great food, and maybe even find love, then this is the group for you. Our group is NOT exclusive to singles, however one of the primary purposes of our gatherings is to help single people connect in a no-pressure environment so that love can blossom in its own way. If you're in a relationship, but still interested in building community and sharing delicious food: fantastic! You'll be give …

Do you know what it means to miss *eating in* New Orleans? This meet up is for anyone who wants to celebrate the food culture of the Crescent City right here in Portland. Depending on the interest of members, I envision future meet ups to include: Creole & Cajun dinner parties with wine pairings at a nominal charge per person Potluck dinners Outings to Cajun/Creole restaurants around PDX Notices about Louisiana musicians performing in town/performances by local artists who play NOLA jazz

This is for the Vancouver, Clark County area food lovers. Let's explore our eats. It's not all about Portland right? We can all enjoy some of the Portland Food Festivals and all, but this group is all about "The Couve". I created this group in response to friends that want to explore Vancouver restaurants. Let's explore and dine together!

Hi, I'm Suzanne.  I'm involved in other meetup groups but can't seem to find activities on my side of town so I'm starting my own!! This is for anyone that is looking to develop new friendships while playing games, sharing food, having a cocktail, watching movies or even doing some type of crafty project. A lot of the meetups that I post will be in my home which is located in NE Portland around 82nd and NE Sandy or will be activities in this area of town.  Hope to meet you soon!

Thank you for your interest in International Gourmet Dinner Club. We are a group of non-professional chefs all with a desire to try something new. We try to meet up once a month to have theme dinners where group members who RSVP make something from that theme and bring it. The theme is determined by the Host house and it could be a country theme like Italian, African, Thai or get into the specifics such as Creole, Share the Harvest or blind ingredient cook off.  The group members are extremely …

This group purpose is to rally everyone who is interested in joining a fun diversity of people united by a common goal of discovering, sharing and enjoying events in which music dance and food experience is tied to the Carribean islands, Africa, and the black culture in the Americas!

Sushi is a sexy and fun food. Some like cooked Sushi, Some like Sashimi, Some just like the adventure of trying something new. I love unusual Ethnic foods too. I want to share this passion with others. Let's meet up and try new foods together!

ISTA - I Survived The Apocalypse. . . and all I got was this lousy T-shirt! Any one of several different types of catastrophes could potentially disrupt the shipment of food to local grocery stores, stop the flow of fresh drinking water or disrupt electrical service to your house.  If its a small scale event, these things will only take a few days to restore, but longer lasting inconveniences could spark civil unrest.  As people begin to run out of their own personal food and water storage supp …

A community for eating and sharing Gluten Free food. A great place to learn more about all the great food that is available and share your favorite restaurant and recipes. Plus when we get together, you know you won't have to wonder if anything is safe to eat. This group is for Celiacs, gluten-intolerant, and gluten-free curious.

This group was started to gather chocolate lovers together and explore the world of our favorite food group. If you live in the Portland, Oregon area, love meeting fellow food enthusiasts, and want to discover new and exciting chocolate in all forms, then please join us. We'll be meeting monthly to get together for a chocolate outing and friendship.

Plant Identification is very important for food, medicine & healing. We happen to live in a part of the country that is flowing with many types of plants that we can identify. My goal is to learn more about plant identification. There has been a great interest among my co-workers and friends to start this group. We are have a little knowledge but want more! Here is how I see this group evolving: Everyone that is involved can have the option to lead a walk and share their knowledge. (This is high …

Do you ever wish your body had a RESET button? Fortunately, there is an easy way to get your body back on track through balanced nutrition and exercise. Get the "know how", support and accountability necessary to create a healthy, fit new you. Join our group whose common purpose is to achieve optimal health through diet, nutritional supplements and exercise. Healthy for Life will get your health back on track with a structured program of nutrition, exercise, journaling, low glycemic foods and c …

The "Environment" isn't just some remote wilderness. In addition to our surroundings, it is the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. And by 'we' I mean all creatures. All living beings deserve to live and thrive in their chosen environment, be it a natural or urban landscape and community. An end to all forms of oppression that stifle both non-human and human animals is required to achieve this. This group endeavors to bring together like-minded individuals to these 'activist' ca …

Calling all Vancouver and PDX lesbians! If you're looking for food, friends and fun, this is the place. We're looking for all and any opportunities to get together/get to know new folks and new and interesting locales both in Vancouver and Portland. Various outings are on the top of our to-do list: happy hours, dinner parties, music and beer festivals, etc. We're looking forward to meeting new folks!

This is a weekly support group for men and women centered on developing and remaining in right relationship with food. Created out of love. The purpose of this group is to offer a format for men and women to come together and develop safe eating habits for their bodies. Find out what your needs are, and learn to meet them in ways that are specific to and healthy for you. Whatever your issues, be they an inability to eat or inability to stop, this group will meet you in a safe and open way that …

Once a week this group will meet to taste wine somewhere around Portland. Looking for people who enjoy wine and want to get together with others. We will have a good time drinking some great wines and improving our wine knowledge. Cheers!

Anything and everything about wine. This is the group for both wine newbies and afficionados. No pretension. Just great wine and some fun people.

This group's focus is to assist in facilitating the getting together of people that are like minded and are hoping to work together to be better prepared for "possible" future events. This group is focus on TEOTWAWKI situations and major catastrophes. Survival, preparedness, food storage, canning(Food Preservation), ETC... Are the things we are all about.

Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Practice your Japanese, learn culture, share stories, swap recipes, find the best restaurants or whatever. Join and bring friends. Since we are a growing group, event date/time and location may vary until we achieve wa... or find what works best for everyone! 18 and older and all levels welcome.

Hello Everyone, My name is Mark, (I am a business owner and entrepreneur, like many of you) Here is my SECOND revision... I have just stepped up to replace Bret as the Organizer of this group. (I would like to thank Bret and others for starting this group and keeping it going so far) Thank you to Tysa for agreeing to be Co-Organizer of this Meetup Group, we are seeking more, plus assistant organizers and event hosts, please speak up. Picking up where Bret left off, I also want to share my th …

Ok, so once again I was lamenting over beers with my best friend that my old bookclub in Michigan was so awesome & I totally miss it... The books, friends, food, wine & good times. I love living in Portland & have met some great people, but I'm looking for the next awesomest bookclub! You: -Awesome! (any age or gender) ok, well over 21. -Intelligent -Enjoy good food & wine/beer or what have you. -Read the book -Have an interesting life so we have something to talk about after the book & the seco …

This Meetup is about becoming a responsible dog owner and becoming the leader. We will work on teaching basic obedience, socializing, dealing with reactive dogs, fearful dogs, dominant dogs and other behavioral issues. This Meetup is open to any dog, no matter what breed, size or age. This is NOT a play group or off leash group. *SAFETY* will be the FIRST priority. All dogs MUST be on a leash at all times. You must maintain a seven food distance between all dogs at all times. If you ha …

This is a group for Oregon Pinot Lovers. We should have at Least a once a month tasting of Oregon Pinots. The Tastings will usually be BYOB. Come drink some fine Oregon Pinot with us. Cheers!

For all you foodie's out there!! Let's get together at restaurants all over the Vancouver, WA and Portland Metro area for lunch. There is so many great restaurants to explore and taste their specialties. Have the chefs talk about what they prepared for us. We could be food critics and talk about the meal and what we liked and didn't. This information could be useful to others and we can talk about how we can distribute those reviews and ratings. We also could do our own food tour of lets say 3 r …