Bread and War
On Sunday evening we had a very enjoyable Hell's Kitchen party - the weather was beautiful, we had lots of food and drink, and a giant Jenga game! But later that evening, as we were returning home, a bomb hit the large warehouse where 2 months supply of flour for the Kitchen is kept. Although the bags of flour were not destroyed, the fire damage was so extensive that it will be unusable. Liuda and Yegor, the Kitchen owners/managers, are looking at options, whilst hoping that our regular donors will help us to replace the flour. One option will be to significantly reduce the number of rolls we make, e.g. by cancelling hospital bread orders. Because, of course, what matters is that hospital patients receive a balanced, nutritious diet of meat, fish or other proteins, carbohydrates - rice, pasta, potatoes (of course!) etc. - and vegetables. But our rolls are delicious, as everybody says, as well as being filling and calorific, and it would be a real shame to take them away. I c...