I skipped out on dinner with my own family a few weeks ago to check out how community cooking at The Stop Community Food Centre works. I’d never heard of a community kitchen before and I was intrigued. Oh, and I also got to prepare a meal with Lynn Crawford. So, you know, that was pretty cool too.
The Stop is one of several community kitchens across the country where members of the community can come together to prepare and eat a meal. It provides fresh food for people living in what is known as a food desert, an area without access to grocery stores or affordable sources of healthy food. It also teaches people how to prepare meals from scratch and, perhaps most importantly, gives them friends in the community to share it with.