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At each event, after we had cooked together and sat down to our meal, everyone went around and had the opportunity to respond to the question:“What’s a food, recipe, experience, or memory around food that tells something meaningful for you?”

Food, community, and sustainability are inextricably linked. We hope to open up a conversation–to hear from folks about their experiences and stories, to share challenges and successes–and to make time to cook and share a meal together.

Making multiple dishes with the overlapping ingredients is a good strategy for ensuring nothing goes to waste and for furthering our food dollars. Here, we use veggies to create an energizing breakfast, ready on-the-go, that you can make while dinner is cooking, and desert too! These recipes are meant to be flexible so that you can include the vegetables, pasta or cheese you have on hand and help reduce your food waste.

Long time no see! Kitchen Commons wants to hear from you! What have you all been cooking lately? Bonus if it's something particularly imaginative or resourceful - message us on Facebook or email adrienne@kitchencommons.net! We'll feature you in our next newsletter and perhaps turn the recipes into a collection!

Long time no see! Kitchen Commons wants to hear from you! What have you all been cooking lately? Bonus if it's something particularly imaginative or resourceful - message us on Facebook or email adrienne@kitchencommons.net! We'll feature you in our next newsletter and perhaps turn the recipes into a collection!

Late summer is the season of canning, especially in the Pacific Northwest! Wild blackberry bushes overflow with juicy fruit, and the pick-your-own farms are a great place to social distance and gather delicious blueberries, marionberries, cherries, etc. 

Kitchen Commons supports community projects led by local leaders - to find out more about how KC can help with your food projects, see our project incubator on our website! Here is an example of a garden project created by neighbors who found enthusiasm in gardening and supporting one another.The University Park Seed & Garden Library offers itself as a hub for neighbors to share surplus seeds. Along with locally harvested seeds, excess store-bought seeds, and starts, people regularly donate gardening literature, pots, tools, and garden decor.

All across the food community, many folks who used to cook for people have found themselves with fewer customers and more time on their hands. A common trend arising is the virtual cooking class, allowing those with skills in the kitchen to continue feeding their community by teaching others how to make the meals on their own. Many chefs at restaurants are turning to these virtual classes for small fees in order to keep afloat, but anyone can host a class, even casually amongst a group of friends! (Ex: if you miss your normal Sunday brunch crew, make food together over Zoom one Sunday morning - have everyone ‘teach’ one part of the meal!) Sharing food is a powerful connecting tool and virtual cooking classes offer the opportunity for people to come together and cook as a community.