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So I thought I would keep things fairly simple for the first twinnerparty menu, nothing too extravagant but still jam packed with great flavours and tastes. I will be posting the recipes in the next few days so you can familiarise yourselves with them and then on Friday I will post a handy little shopping list to make things even easier. The important thing to remember is not to fuss over this, the whole idea of the twinnerparty is to get you into the kitchen cooking and serving up some tasty dishes for friends or family. If you don't want to follow the recipes exactly, if you don't have exactly 6 guests coming, if your friends don't twitter, don't worry! Just enjoy the whole thing and if it all goes to pieces it makes for all the more entertaining tweets! Not that it will of course, I have faith in you! Don't forget I'm on twitter@donalskehan, so if there is any problems with the menu, recipes, shopping lists, or cooking I will do my best to tweet you back asap!

So without further ado, here it is the world's first twinnerparty menu!

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present to you, the world's first...

Twinnerparty!

What, I hear you ask is a twinnerparty, well put simply, it is a dinner party via social network, twitter. The aim is to get people connecting via the magic of the social networking through cooking and eating together. It also gives people who haven't cooked for guests before, the support and advice of others who have! A big supportive cooking community so to speak!
The idea is that everyone who decides to take part shops together, cooks together, and eats together all via the magic of tweeting!
A set 3 course menu for six people will be decided upon and I will post the recipes and a simple shopping list here on the blog before the big day.

What you have to do!
- Invite 5 guests to eat your dishes, preferably ones who tweet!
- Tweet while you shop!
- Tweet while you cook!
- Tweet photos of your finished dishes if you can!

The first event will take place next Saturday the 23rd of January and everyone is invited!
I will post the set dinner menu next week with recipes and a shopping list. Throughout the big day I will be on hand to help with any cooking emergencies that may arise and to offer advice if it's needed!
Tweet me to let me know if you want to take part or leave a comment below! Looking forward to tweating with you! ;)

So it turns out, I love twitter! I never thought I would get into using it, but with so many great foodies using it, there is always something that catches my attention. Even some famous celebrity chefs use it, including Jamie Oliver who keeps his extremely active, with the help of a dedicated web team, I'm sure! Twitter also seems to be the first point of call for food bloggers to notify you when they have a new post on their blog, so it saves trawling through your favourites to search for updates.

Just a few of my favourite food related twitterers to follow:
@Jamie_Oliver- Jamie's twitter page runs competitions, and links to lots of great recipes.
@Deliciousmag- UK's Delicious. magazine also tweets! Behind the scenes stuff about the running of a food magazine!
@MarthaStewart- real life tweets from the American domestic godess!
@Tastespotting- Keeps you up to date with the latest submissions on one of my favourite food sites.
@Thefoodnetwork- American Food Channel tweets about all things foodie, with lots of great links to recipes.

There are way too many food bloggers I am following already to mention but if I'm not following you, let me know if your on twitter in the comments! If you want to follow my tweets I'm over at:
@Donalskehan