Janet Reich Elsbach’s ‘Extra Helping’ Is As Thoughtful As It Teaches Readers to Be

Published this past November, the cookbook “Extra Helping: Recipes for Caring, Connecting & Building Community One Dish at a Time” is an artfully illustrated paperback with a simple goal: to give you real tools for responding to the “endless opportunities to hone the craft of feeding those too taxed to feed themselves,” along with “the art of gratefully receiving this attention” in those situations when the person who is too taxed is under your roof–or you. Food, Elsbach says, is one of the most foundational and meaningful ways to help one another. In this book, she shows how.

Janet Reich Elsbach's 'Extra Helping' Is As Thoughtful As It Teaches Readers to Be / Go Eat Your Bread with Joy
Written for anyone who needs a helping hand in community, ‘Extra Helping’ offers 70+ recipes for expanding families, the rearranged, the ill or recovering, the grieving and more.

According to Janet Reich Elsbach, Massachusetts-based author of the recently published cookbook, “Extra Helping: Recipes for Caring, Connecting & Building Community One Dish at a Time,” caring for people with food is essentially the same as caring for people in any other way. Whether someone’s just brought home a new baby or is grieving the sudden loss of a spouse, to be able to offer the kind of help that is truly help, what’s required is less cooking skills, more listening skills.

In other words, what you need to know is how to be curious.

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Best Valentine’s Gifts 2019: What to Order Online for the Ones You Love

Ten days ’til February 14 is the perfect time to get some gifts! Whether you’re shopping for your spouse, your sister, your best friend or your mom, here are some of the best Valentine’s gifts 2019 has to offer online. Scroll down to browse delicious, luxurious and/or inspiring ideas, organized by recipient!

A look at some of the best Valentine's gifts 2019 has to offer online / Go Eat Your Bread with Joy
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Everybody’s favorite heart-shaped holiday is right around the corner. That’s why now is the perfect time to think about fun gifts for the ones you love, significant others or otherwise. Plan ahead to show someone you care!

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How to Help the Hungry in Nashville This Giving Tuesday

Today, on the seventh annual Giving Tuesday, we are surrounded by opportunities to help the hungry in Nashville. The best part is, you don’t have to have deep pockets. Even the smallest donation, a single volunteer hour or a collected can of pennies is something. Below, consider some specific ways you can help the hungry here in town, simply by sharing what you have.

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1. Participate in the Mrs. Cheap Penny Drive.

Want a perfect way to get the kids involved? Collect your pennies. Read More

Nashville Makers Gift Guide for Food Lovers

Say you want to send friends a little piece of Nashville. Or you like to shop local. Or, you’re from anywhere else, but you appreciate handmade goods. Whatever the case, if you’re looking for some gift ideas that showcase Music City’s best, here’s a Nashville makers’ gift guide! In it, you’ll find beautiful products made right in town (mostly with a food theme.)

 

nashville makers gift guide

If there’s one thing Nashville’s not short on, it’s creative talent.Read More