Friday, April 02, 2004


a charitable moment

i'm sitting here sampling biscotti for the upcoming zen coffee meditation at the scaa conference in atlanta april 23-26 when what comes across my desk but a really cool idea: a recipe collection to benefit the hungry.

mmm, these hazelnut, almond, walnut and pignoli mini-biscotti seem like winners! will you all mind if there aren't any chocolate biscotti at the conference's consumer events?

but as for the recipe collection. . .as second harvest's stephany wrote me:

"recipe sharing and collection are an important part of this year's national hunger awareness day theme of one big table, not only because they are one way to build awareness in a community that already appreciates cooking and good food, but because submitted recipes will be considered for inclusion in a forthcoming cookbook by molly o'neill, former new york times food writer, to benefit the charity america's second harvest.

america's second harvest will collect recipes in two ways: through an online recipe submission form that will be posted live on april 15, 2004, and through benefit potluck dinners that people host at their homes to raise funds. we have provided kitschy-looking potluck kits for your perusal, and as a way to inspire community gathering around regional and neighborhood cooking practices. a recipe card is part of our potluck kit, and enables the potluck host(s) and each guest to provide the recipe for the dish they've brought to share, or of another preferred dish.

submitted recipes, gathered through our site and print potluck recipe cards, will then be considered for inclusion in molly o'neill's cookbook, to benefit america's second harvest."

i know many bccy readers run their own food blogs or regularly read other people's food blogs. so you all should go to town: host a potluck dinner and offer up your favorite recipes.

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