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Food Insecurity, Hunger, Kale, OKRA Column, Soup, Vegetarian
This week in OKRA Magazine: Hunger, Food Insecurity and Tuscan Kale Soup.
My lunchbox never included peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Instead, it included liverwurst sandwiches or roast beef on rye with cornichons and mustard or veal bologna. A healthy serving of vegetables from the farmers’ market, like carrots, cucumbers, sweet peppers or radishes and seasonal fruits like apples, tangerines or cherries were requisite accompaniments, and delicious ones at that, but not as coveted as the sweet treats from the bakery my mom always snuck into my bag.
My robustly flavored lunches emitted a certain odor that elicited a few crinkled noses and dubious comments from my classmates. I was painfully aware of my pb&j deficiency, but was always consoled after taking the first bite of unctuous meat or crunching on the sweetest carrots at the lunch table. Hunger was never a concern. I was lucky. When it came to food, I wanted for nothing. Continue reading…