{"id":45399,"date":"2013-06-21T00:11:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T07:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=45399"},"modified":"2014-12-29T22:54:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T05:54:07","slug":"the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html","title":{"rendered":"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Another chance to do a work of mercy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste project was created to \u201cput good food to good use.\u201d \u201cGive us your food, instead of throwing it away, and we will help feed the hungry people in Michiana\u201d noted Helena Williams, the project\u2019s founder. The project does this by creating recipes to accommodate large, often unexpected food donations, and mobilizing volunteers to help prepare healthy delicious meals from the donation of food that all too often gets thrown away by local grocers, restaurateurs and food purveyors.<\/p>\n

The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste is currently focusing its efforts on the Mishawaka Food Pantry http:\/\/www.mishawakafoodpantry.com\/<\/a>. Helena, a chef trained at le Cordon Bleu Paris, has been collaborating with Richard Haden, the Kitchen Manger at the Food Pantry, to determine how the pantry can better serve the growing demand for meals and how her Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste can be of most service. With extremely limited supplies and equipment, Richard and his crew of volunteers currently feed 75-100 people, three times a week. The Food Pantry welcomes all those who are hungry to enjoy fresh hot meals in their friendly caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Williams says she believes that Pope Francis\u2019s recent comments in St Peter\u2019s Square on United Nations World Environment Day has helped draw attention to the prevalence of excessive food waste. Williams hopes that as community leaders and food-related businesses hear the pontiff\u2019s powerful declaration that \u201cThrowing away food is like stealing from the table of the poor and the hungry,\u201d it might become easier to uncover even more good food to put to good use in her local community, and that food donations increase.<\/p>\n

For Richard Haden, helping to get healthy, tasty meals to people who need food is his ultimate goal, but it is a huge challenge with many barriers. To Helena Williams, this is her dream too. The Kitchen Crew project used the last of its grant funds to provide the pantry with three commercial cooking pots that are now used daily to prepare made-from-scratch stews and soups. The new pots have allowed Richard to prepare mouthwatering beef brisket, roasted vegetables, large quantities of real mashed potatoes, and most recently, a seasoned barley pilaf to accompany Seafood Gumbo that was made from recent fish and seafood donations. But the pantry\u2019s kitchen is in desperate need of additional commercial quality equipment, supplies and many more food donations. Their most pressing needs are a commercial six-burner stove-range, a commercial mixer, a couple of outdoor gas grills, a NSF quality prep\/work table, and help in getting their commercial dishwasher working. You can find their complete updated Summer 2013 Wish List and Food Needs on their Mishawaka Food Pantry Facebook page.<\/p>\n

This collaborative Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste project hopes to increase the quantity of weekly donated foods that the Mishawaka Pantry receives. Mike Hayes, Executive Director of the Center pleads, \u201cThe demand for food has increased drastically and donations are down. It is more important than ever before, that all available resources are utilized. Please don\u2019t throw good food away!\u201d Local grocers, restaurateurs, and food purveyors are being asked to take the extra couple steps to contact the Pantry when they have food that is still good, but they no longer plan to use it or sell it. The project especially needs perishable foods like fresh fruits, vegetables, milk, dairy products, eggs and any type of meat or fish. End-of-night, already-prepared foods, as well as pantry staples such as whole grain flour and sugar, grains, beans, spices, or any food items that are about to expire are gratefully accepted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste project was created to \u201cput good food to good use.\u201d \u201cGive us your food, instead of throwing it away, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-45399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-works-of-mercy"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-06-21T07:11:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-30T05:54:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html\",\"name\":\"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-21T07:11:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-30T05:54:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\"},\"description\":\"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\",\"description\":\"Mark Shea's Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\",\"name\":\"Mark Shea\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Shea\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help","description":"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help","og_description":"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html","og_site_name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","article_published_time":"2013-06-21T07:11:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-30T05:54:07+00:00","author":"Mark Shea","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Shea","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html","name":"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-06-21T07:11:12+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-30T05:54:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5"},"description":"Another chance to do a work of mercy: With a small grant from the Katherine Terry Dooley Fund in Peace and Justice at Saint Mary\u2019s College in Notre Dame,","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/06\/the-kitchen-crew-against-food-waste-needs-your-help.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Kitchen Crew Against Food Waste Needs Your Help"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/","name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","description":"Mark Shea's Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5","name":"Mark Shea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Shea"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}