Laura Cochrane

Laura Cochrane: Calling them community kitchens, adherents engage people with all aspects of food: its procurement, preparation, consumption and even long-term preservation with canning. And as in all good food handling, there is the post-meal dish duty and cleanup. Everybody pitches in. , according to Times Colonist. There is something more there, said Laura Cochrane, a member of the congregation at Lutheran Church of the Cross in Saanich. People may come because of poverty and hunger and realize they get something more when they have participated. The best meals dont simply fill the belly or fuel the body, say those involved in a growing movement that sees food as sustenance to build communities and nourish the spirit. Community kitchens are neither food banks nor soup kitchens. They are not simply about serving food to people who are financially strapped, although they re welcome. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.