Eastport Teaching Kitchen to Serve Nutritional, Educational Role

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EASTPORT - Volunteers at Eastport's Labor of Love Food Pantry noticed a trend last year - some of the food they were handing out was being returned, uneaten.

"People were telling us that they had no idea how to cook it," Brenda Barker said. "So many people have no experience with unprepared food - only food that comes frozen or in a box. The senior citizens we serve use everything, but the younger people really have no cooking experience. We are three generations out from those who knew how to cook real food."

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Eastport Teaching Kitchen to Serve Nutritional, Educational Role

Hand most clients a squash straight from the field and you get a blank look, she said. A bag of dried fruit? A jar of artichoke hearts?

"So many people don't know how to take a few basic ingredients and combine them into a healthy, ...

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