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About this blog: I've been attracted to food for good and bad reasons for many years. From eating disorder to east coast culinary school, food has been my passion, profession & nemesis. I've been a sugar addict, a 17-year vegetarian, a food and en...
(More)About this blog: I've been attracted to food for good and bad reasons for many years. From eating disorder to east coast culinary school, food has been my passion, profession & nemesis. I've been a sugar addict, a 17-year vegetarian, a food and environment pioneer, macrobiotic, Master Cleanser, ayurvedic, and officially-designated health-nut or party-girl (depending on the year). Professionally, I've worn many industry hats including: line cook, corporate chef, Food Coach, caterer, product developer, restaurant reviewer, culinary school teacher, corporate wellness educator, food co-op clerk, author, and even Cirque-du-Soleil lead popcorn concessioner! For years I managed an outdoor kitchen, deep in the bear-infested woods of Tahoe, and also for hospitals (the most unhealthy kitchen I ever worked in?), Singapore high-rises, mule-pack trips, Canadian catholic rectories, and more events than I could ever recall. Yet I still keep discovering. Actually, I adapt everyday by new lessons learned from teachers, customers and students. However there is one food truth I now hold sacrosanct: Eaters are motivated by pleasure. So no matter what we discuss here - recipes or restaurants, food politics or pairings, local events, food as art, or even as God, I will always come from a high-vibe, party perspective. Oh I do still long to change the world with great tasting food, but know in my heart, "If it ain't fun, it don't get done!" So - wanna come to the Food Party? By the way - it's a potluck.
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Two Hours - 75,000 Meals – Wanna Help?
Uploaded: Sep 15, 2023
75,000 meals in TWO HOURS.
That’s the goal at Christ Church Episcopal in Portola Valley and
Rise Against Hunger; to assemble 15,000 food kits (each holds 5 meals) that will be sent to the hungry worldwide.
Date: Saturday September 30th
Time: 10 AM – Noon
Place: Portola Valley Community Center
This year the need is especially urgent with Russia blocking food deliveries from Ukraine. The effort needs YOU, your kids, your relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Everyone! After assembling the meals, we will gather at Christ Church for a post-celebratory lunch.
All ages welcome from any faith tradition or no tradition.
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief non-profit that coordinates the packaging and distribution of food and other aid to people in developing nations. In 2022 Rise Against Hunger distributed 67.6 million meals to over 4 million people in Central America, Asia and Africa.
You Must Register to Participate.
Click here for information
For additional questions contact Mary Soubirous at Msoubirou@aol.com or 650-224-0277.
Thank you!
- photos by LSIC
Democracy.
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