Essential Event // Ready Your Stretchy Pants for Good Commons' Cookbook Cook-Off

Potlucking isn't normally a competitive event, but Good Commons--a Vermont retreat center--makes a compelling argument that maybe it should be. To celebrate the launch of their cookbook, owner Tesha Buss, chef Matthew Wexler, and sommelier Kristen Siebecker are hosting a cook-off at New York Vintners. 

Happening February 12, tickets are on sale now. If you buy a "tester" ticket for $25, you'll be sent a list of recipes, one of which you'll sign up for--and then you prepare the hell out of it. From there, it'll be judged against other folks' preparation of the same recipe.

If you're not so much into cooking, for $40 you can buy a "taster" ticket. This means you just eat and judge (our two favorite sports!) Good Commons will take care of wine pairings to create a four-seasons-of-Vermont experience right there in TriBeCa.

Now if they can figure out how to turn some of their other mild-mannered retreat activities, like knitting and yoga, competitive...

                                                                      --Layla Schlack