Event Temps, shame on you.

[ringrose.livejournal.com]

Shame on you, Event Temps.  Shovel your walk.  Both the neighboring businesses in the building did.

Community Kitchen

[thespian.livejournal.com]

For a good long while, since I left Toronto (where we had an excellent one at Foodshare), I have been wanting to start a community kitchen here in Somerville.

A good community kitchen offers several things:

• Informal skillshare-style classes in food preparation
• Lectures and workshops by chefs and food professionals
• Kitchen rental for organizations that need do large scale food prep
• Access to unusual or expensive (often infrequently used) pieces of equipment for members
• Incubation and a certified kitchen for individuals who are looking to start food-based businesses
• A library and resources for members to research recipes, food history and nutrition information
• A community space for interested foodies

Some of them offer more (some offer soup kitchens, some offer food prep for ill/disabled/elderly people in the community, some offer discounted ServSafe certifications to unemployed people who can use it to get jobs, etc). The needs of the community change what gets offered.

I would like to have an initial meeting with anyone else in the community who would be interested in this project. So if you'd like to get involved, I would like to meet March 8th, at 7pm. Location TBA once I have an idea of how many people would like to attend. If you operate a business in Somerville and would be interested in hosting us, please let me know.

If you have any questions, or to RSVP, please send email to kitchen at sleepingcat dot com.