{"id":4766,"date":"2011-02-07T05:43:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T13:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=4766"},"modified":"2019-08-07T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T03:15:04","slug":"clam-chowder-from-the-soup-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/clam-chowder-from-the-soup-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Clam Chowder from the Soup Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"

A winning clam chowder recipe with a flavorful twist from herbs de Provence. Featured on Huffington Post’s Kitchen Daily’s article on New England Clam Chowder: What’s the Best Recipe?<\/a>
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One drizzly afternoon in December I joined several bloggers from OC Family and the Orange County Register at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen in Costa Mesa. We were there to volunteer and learn about how this neighborhood soup kitchen has supported their community and share the inspiration of one woman, Merle Hatleberg, who, in 1986 made her first “pot of soup” to feed about 30 people and has since grown to serve over 400 folks a daily hot, nourishing meal. Then as now, many of these hungry people were families with school aged children.<\/p>\n

Even in these hard times, December is a huge month for giving and we were helping to spread the word about the “$50K in 50 Days<\/a>” campaign created by Corey Donaldson to provide backpacks filled with basic essentials, toys for a 1,000 children, and a holiday dinner with all the trimmings for 1,200 people.<\/p>\n

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Since then the soup kitchen has undergone a remodel with the help of donated time of local contractors and thousands of dollars from generous donors. Last Sunday, I stopped by to chat and \u00a0pick up their new book of recipes which was at print in December. For centuries soups have \u00a0fed the souls and bodies of those that are homeless and hungry and the SCSK contains recipes from their community of supporters. Plus, once I heard that the soup kitchen’s own Chef Lorrie’s New England Clam Chowder <\/strong><\/span>won first place in the Annual San Clemente Seafest \u00a02010 Chowder Cookoff, I knew it would be the perfect recipe to share.<\/p>\n

My ulterior motive also being to urge you to find a soup kitchen in your area to support. And if you live in Orange County, to spare the cost of a few lattes to help feed the hungry at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen<\/a> or the Rescue Mission<\/a> in Santa Ana. Need continues after the holidays and throughout the year.