Amy Dolan: Becoming a Home Cook

10/30/19 • 23 min

After much reflection (and hesitation), Amy shares her journey towards embracing her identity as a home cook—how someone without formal training can still be a great cook and feed people with great love.

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Rudy Garrett: The Role of Food in Activism

Amy talks with Rudy Garrett, Co-Deputy Director of Chicago Votes, on connecting her passion for food with her profession in politics. Rudy also shares her perspective on engaging at tables with people you disagree, and the simple mind shift we can make when engaging volunteers to ensure they have what they need to do their work.

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Emily Scott: Showing Up at the Table

Amy talks with Emily Scott, the former founding pastor of St. Lydia’s dinner church in Brooklyn and the current founding pastor of Dreams and Visions in Baltimore, on the connection between food and spirituality, centering church around the practice of the table and the beautiful nature of seeing the humanity in each other when sharing a meal.

Mentioned on the Show:

St. Lydia’s

St. Gregory’s

Sunday Supper Church

Dinner Church Movement

Give to Dreams and Visions Shelter (write “LGBTQ shelter” in the memo line)

Emily’s Book For All Who Hunger

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