09/13/2026
Hello CookboyzMSP,
Hosting: We have Mar, and June plus Oct Nov Dec 2027 open for hosting. Please sign up if you can host. Simply respond to this email or contact Jerome.s.hager at gmail dot com.
Our September 12 Cookboyz was delightful with our typical 25 amazing guests. Thank you to Matthew and Wilson for hosting yet another sensational CookboyzMSP. It’s a chore to host and you have done many years. Thank you!!
Please note October is two weeks later than typical….to accommodate our hosts. We will then skip November event.
Our October 24 Cookboyz theme is hot dish/casseroles which should work well with cooler fall weather. This is a magnificent setting overlooking Lake Minnetonka for an amazing fall feast. Enjoy.
Patrick Macken and Joseph Maldonado
2462 Lafeyette Road
Wayzata, MN 55391
415 999 6886
Parking is not allowed on Lafayette road. Go past front of house to Huntington Point road, turning right. This leads to their driveway with parking near garage and house. Park in back of the house around garage area and on Huntington Point Road leading to garage.
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: 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 w**e, 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 w**e 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, w**e 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
Oct 24. Hot dish/casseroles, 5:30 start time, Patrick Macken and Joseph Maldonado, Minnetonka Beach
Dec 5. Holiday feast, Bill Johnson, DT Mpls
2027
Jan 9. Soups, Stews and salads, Joe Mitzel, So Mpls
Feb 13. Foods you love for Valentine’s Day, Paulino Brener, A Mill Mpls
Mar 13. Eastern European Foods
April 10. African continent foods
May 8. Aloha Potluck, Hawaiian/Polynesian dishes, Steve Ahola, Robinsdale
June 12. Summer Picnic Foods, Keven Svenby and Keith Rozelle, So Maplewood
July 10. South American Foods, Middle Eastern Foods, Walt & Clark, So Mpls
Aug 14. Summber salads and BBQ, Paul Middlestadt, DT MPLS
Sept 11. BBQ side dishes, Stuart Job, Golden Valley
Oct 9. South and SE Asian Foods,
Nov 13. Caribbean Foods
Dec 4. Holiday favorites