For Earth Day Saturday, April 22 Prairie Grass Cafe chef Sarah Stegner organized four of her fellow chefs at other Chicago restaurants to feature Lion s Mane mushrooms in specialty sandwiches for the day. And Wetzel s Pretzels is giving away free pretzels on National Pretzel Day Wednesday, April 26.
Members of the Belgio s catering team packaged hot fish dinners complete with vegetables, mashed potatoes, and gravy for customers of West Suburban Community Pantry in Woodridge last Thursday, following cancellation of the Naperville VFW Friday Fish Fry due to low attendance.
As federal COVID emergency allotments to the SNAP are cut as of March 1, some 75,000 DuPage County SNAP beneficiaries face a hit to their food budgets of a third or more.Seniors who receive the minimum benefit could see their payments fall to as little as $23 a month. And it s happening at a time when food costs across the country continue to be 10-15% higher than a year ago.
There may have been only one winner of the annual Chefs Culinary Challenge Fundraiser presented benefitting West Suburban Community Pantry on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the Chicago Marriott Naperville, but all the chefs contributing to the seven-course meal put plenty of skill and heart on their plates.