Luckily the groundhog saw his shadow and winter is coming to a close. The only thing we found to melt the snow and ice was lots of piping hot chocolate. We've missed some of our friends that have been hibernating at home waiting for spring.
Lots of things are going on lately with
Thank you's go out to:
The Ten Thousand Villages store in Highland Park which graciously hosted the Soup for the Soul fundraiser for us last month. They made a generous contribution to us.
Volunteer Sandy S. for donating our fancy new menu board and items for the culinary school wish list
Customer, Barbara H., for writing an article about A Better World Cafe to share with her fellow Middlesex County master gardeners
Trish L. and Diane B. for donating items for the culinary school wish list
Volunteer news:
Occasional volunteer, Deborah Z., has decided to join us for a regular weekly shift. You'll see her serving on Wednesday afternoons
Dan G., has increased his regular shifts with us to three times a week.
Holly, an occasional volunteer, has decided to join us to help in the kitchen every Friday morning
Francis F. has been helping us add authentic Indian flair to the menu. He shared his recipe for iced rose milk and spicy cilantro mint chutney to accompany our samosa wrap sandwich. He'll be debuting some new salads soon.
Agatha B. regularly volunteers in the kitchen and lately she's expanded to helping us bake delicious muffins and loaf breads
Jen M. is a student bound for the Culinary Institute of America, She's been working at the cafe once a week. She hopes to be a pastry chef, so we've been happy to have her bake cookies here.
Michelle still continues to wow us weekly with her vegan treats. This month we loved the heart shaped cupcakes and peanut butter potato chip cookies. Remember, you can buy her cookies every day at Nighthawk Books.
February Birthday Greetings go out to cafe volunteers and regulars this month:
Agatha B., Tim A. and Steven N.
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