Plan a little togetherness
Bring a dish.
Bring a friend.
Stay a while.
PitchInDish makes it easy to plan a potluck, host a dinner, or pull together any gathering with the people you love. Coordinate who's bringing what — and save the moments after everyone goes home.
Free for your first gathering. No card. No app to download.
How it works
Three small steps. One good evening.
Make the sign-up sheet
Add the dishes you need. Guests pick what they're bringing — no group-chat math, no spreadsheets, no doubles.
Send a single link
Email invites in bulk, or share the link the way you already share things. Guests don't have to sign up — they tap, they're in.
Keep the moments
When the night winds down, Encore opens. Everyone invited can drop in photos — no extra setup, no feed for strangers.
Scenes from the table
Photos that helped me picture this.
What lands in your friend's inbox
A short, warm note signed by you.
Not a wall of buttons. One primary link. Save-the-date attached. Everything else is on the gathering page.
- Looks like it came from you. Sender shows your name, not a noreply address.
- One link to remember. Guests don't have to log in. They tap, they're in.
- Calendar invite attached. No “add to calendar” dance.
Glen via PitchInDish
to maya@example.com · 3:14 PM
Sunday potluck — save your seat
Hi Maya,
I'm putting together a small dinner this Saturday — would love to have you. Sign-up sheet's open if you want to bring something.
Sat, May 16 · 6 pm · Glen's place
xo,
Glen
The thesis
I'm building this more carefully than a productivity tool — because the meals it's for matter more.
No engagement loops. No streaks. No notifications to guilt you back into the app the morning after. Just the few things you need before Saturday and the photos that wait for you on Sunday.
What I will
Make it feel hospitable. Default to your warmest people.
What I won't
Notify you for the sake of it. Surface ads. Sell your photos.
What stays quiet
The product, mostly. Hosting is loud enough.
What stays with you
Encore — your photos, your people, after the table clears.
“The kind of dinner where someone brings the bread that disappears first.”
— my brief to myself
From the blog
Notes on hosting, gently.
Hosting
The Modern Potluck Playbook: How to Plan One Without the Group-Chat Chaos
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How Much Food for a Potluck? A Simple Per-Person Portion Guide
The math nobody teaches you, in plain numbers, so you order enough and not double.
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Seasonal
How to Host a Backyard BBQ Without Spending the Whole Day at the Grill
A cookout is a potluck with a fire pit. Plan it like one and you get to actually sit down.
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