Update: Cookin’ With Who?

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

We had such a good time last Thursday celebrating our wonderful community and its commitment to diversity and integration and community partnerships. And the food was fantastic. While I didn’t win the coveted platinum spatula, I had a great time meeting many, many neighbors and community leaders.

And, to be honest, I was really quite touched by the number of folks who contributed. Your gifts and your support made a difference to our community – all total we raised more than $10,000 for three great institutions – but it also made an impression on me. Thank you.

I’ve left the original post below, in case you want to check out the site and learn more about the event. Who knows, perhaps in the year’s to come your congregation and community might consider something similar! 🙂

Thank you, again.
David

 

Original Post:
I like to cook. I’m guessing many of you didn’t know that. I’ve not been trained as a chef, and I don’t honestly have much time to cook these day, but I like to. And I’ll be honest – I do best with recipes that don’t, well, demand that you follow them exactly. I’m more of the creative kind of cook who likes to experiment, mix things up, and sometimes comes up with something unique and delicious. (Of course, there are other times…, but I won’t go into those.)

I’d like to think that it’s for all these reasons that the Mt. Airy community of NW Philadelphia invited me to participate in their annual competition “Cookin’ With Who?”, a charity fundraiser that benefits East Mount Airy Neighbors, The Awbury Arboretum, and – you guessed it – The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, proudly located in Mt. Airy for nearly a century and a half.

I’d like to think that, but it’s probably not accurate. I’ve probably been invited because I’m the new president at LTSP and they hoped that would spark even greater interest from the LTSP community and get some others interested and helping out as well. We’ll see. 🙂

For now, I want to let folks in the Philly area know that they can come and sample the dishes of 10 area “notables” (seems more honest than calling us “chefs”) on the evening of Thursday, November 6, from 6:30-8:30. It should be great fun with lots of great food and fellowship, and you can purchase tickets here.

But even if you’re not from these parts, you can help me win the coveted Mt. Airy Platinum Spatula by voting for me by making a donation of any size here. (Yes, you’ve got to contribute to vote – this is, after all, a fund raiser.) Currently I have…well, let’s just say “very few” votes (as admitting I have absolutely zero votes with less than two weeks to go would be downright embarrassing), so I could really use you’re support.

In case you’re wondering what dish I’ve offered, it’s our family’s favorite – potato, tomato, and spinach pizza on a homemade oatmeal crust. Mmmm. (And in case you’re wondering…or worried…area “notables” only supplied our favorite recipes; a local chef will be preparing them all.)

Whether you can come, whether you vote, whether you like cooking or not, at least check out this creative and fun community fundraiser. And thanks for your support!