Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on May 17, 2021 at 8:14 AM
Shannon Dowen-Ronda. (Provided photo.)
Feed Albany, a relief program born in the days after the pandemic started that has provided more than 500,000 meals in 14 months, has hired its first full-time head chef as it prepares to move into a dedicated kitchen space of its own. Food previously was made by chefs donating their services in restaurant kitchens loaned to Feed Albany during down times a few day a week.
The new executive chef, Shannon Dowen-Ronda, previously worked for Bountiful Bread, Cardona’s Market, dp: An American Brasserie/Yono’s, Krause’s Homemade Candy, Mrs. London’s and others. A graduate of the SUNY Schenectady culinary program, she is also co-owner of the new
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In Ballston Lake, 30 Scouts and family members of Troop 3056 (Boys and Girls) recently collected 110 pounds of trash at the recent Ballston Lake / Burnt Hills Community Clean Up Day. Seventy-two volunteers registered to join in with the annual effort to promote awareness of the environment through a hands on initiative, including F.L Stevens School Daisy Troop 38, and Cub Pack 83. Clean Up Day began in the early 1970s. Its major sponsors are the Ballston Lake Improvement Association and the BH-BL BPA.
In Albany, the Feed Albany hunger relief effort has received a $25,000 challenge grant from Rick and Diana Ostroff of the Albany lobbying firm Ostroff Associates, and will be raising $25,000 to match the grant. Proceeds will be used to purchase equipment for a dedicated commercial kitchen that Feed Albany will open later this spring. Since it was founded shortly after the pande
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