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Extra Helping: Recipes for Building Community One Dish at a Time by Janet Elsbach

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  • Food in Jars

    ...is designed to cover all food sharing eventualities...The recipes are time-tested things that will hopefully serve your household as well as they’ve served Janet’s.

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  • Eat Your Books by Jenny Hartin

    A book dedicated to building community and nurturing others in 60 recipes.

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  • ISBN 10 161180602X
  • ISBN 13 9781611806021
  • Published Nov 13 2018
  • Format Paperback
  • Page Count 224
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Roost Books

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Show up, be kind, and cook! Sixty recipes for those who need a helping hand in your community.

There is no more essential way to show up for people than on the plate. Extra Helping is for anyone who wants to respond to the challenge of baby announcements, PTO meal chains, and CaringBridge alerts with compassion and creativity; who wants to send something to a niece overcome by finals week or a neighbor who is grieving; who wants to rise above their default setting; and whose limits of time and other resources leave them feeling more confused than inspired. With recipes tailored to meet many of the dietary modifications that illness and recovery (not to mention modern life) often entail, as well as suggestions that range from mailing a kick-ass care package to bringing over a full, hot meal, Extra Helping frames a philosophy of support, a personal identity of tending, a creative and unique-to-you style of saying, "I am here for you"--one delivery at a time.
     In eight chapters, Extra Helping walks the helpful friend through cooking for people who are dealing with illness, recovery, and loss--or celebrating babies, birthdays, and new homes. Personal stories from the front lines of care, shortcuts for the time-strapped, and sidebars full of tips and embellishments round out a collection of over 60 recipes, aiding readers in developing a style of caregiving all their own.