A Heretic and a Liberal Jesus Freak cook a meal. No one catches fire. (pics)

[NJCher]

22. read it and weep

Alas, in this time of fast food and packaged things, too many of us forget, or worse yet, have never known real cooking.


My neighbor, the mother of one of the country's most famous rappers, funnels a tidy sum out of his millions for good works. One of her projects is to get average and low-performing kids a chance at college.

So she was telling me this story the other day. She was visiting with a 16-year-old kid who was a candidate for the program. He remarked to her that he had never had a family meal. Furthermore, he only eats two things: pizza and chicken wings.

That's it. Day-to-day meals: pizza and chicken wings, all of which are purchased out of the home.

Nary a green vegetable in sight.

So my neighbor fixed him up with a family she knew in his neighborhood and who has a big family meal on Sundays. The kid went once and got hooked. Now he is a regular at this family's Sunday meals.


Cher