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Everyone loves the beginning of a dinner party when everything is pristine, including Abby Critselous, the co-host of Dinner Club. The table is set, the food is abundant and everyone has just sat down.

"But my ultimate favorite is the aftermath of everything," she said.

The wax from candles has melted into the tablecloth, she described. A drink was spilled, leaving evidence of a stain. Food remains on plates in various stages of disappearance.

"It's just like movement," Critselous said. "It's evidence of people that lived their lives there."

From the outside, supper clubs look like dinner. But across Northwest Arkansas, a collection of independently organized meals suggests that what people are hungry for may be considerably harder to put on a plate.

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

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this recipe for nwa calls for growing your community, a donation-based or free meal, as well as fun art and games!

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