I'm sure I'm very late to the party (as usual) but I've just been catching up on my post-holiday blogrolls and come across Not Martha's post on the genius twist on book clubs - a cook book club. From what I gather a group of pals cook a selection of recipes from the book then meet up to compare notes and share the feast - perfect!
If only my girlfriends lived a little closer and were a little less insanely busy, though maybe we could do a very intermittent version of seasonal feasts once a quarter... I'll see what they think and keep you posted!