Recently, I was speaking to an acquaintance of mine at a Peterborough and Kawarthas Chamber event who mentioned that she was a fellow food enthusiast and enjoyed hosting dinner parties with her friends called “The Guinea Pig Club.”

Curiously, I asked her to explain the concept. She explained each member of the group would host and organize a meal using recipes from cookbooks they had never attempted before, but had always wanted to try. Her friends, therefore, became the guinea pigs for each other’s culinary experiments.

This whole concept was intriguing and I thoroughly enjoyed some of the fond memories she shared from over the years — triumphs and near misses alike. I was fascinated by the shared culinary experience among friends.

While we were discussing some of our favourite meals, she referenced an old “Sex and the City” episode where the main character Carrie Bradshaw describes her “Secret Single Behaviour.” The phrase refers to those private, unfiltered moments one has when they eat exactly as they please alone in their home. Such as........

© Peterborough Examiner