It’s super easy. For more information, please see below.

We’re soliciting favorite recipes from chefs and foodies in the Boston area (and beyond) and we invite you to make a submission or two and spread the word to your friends in the culinary community! Charlie’s, winner of a James Beard Award, has been a Boston landmark since 1927.

All contributors will have their photos, blog/website/Facebook/twitter info, and a bio blurb included with their recipes. Thank you for helping with this project!

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To make a submission, please do the following:
1. Email your recipe, a recent photo of yourself, a short bio, and any social media contact information to wherehashrules ( @) gmail.com.
2. We’ll respond with a confirmation, then let you know if your submission has been accepted.
3. The deadline is Friday, February 10, 2012.
Follow on Twitter: @wherehashrules

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You might know Jen from her blog, Tiny Urban Kitchen, and the fact that she won the Foodbuzz Project Food Blog last year. I was elated when she won, and pretty astonished to learn that she was donating her $10,000 prize to Boston Rescue Mission.  But that’s not all, Jen has set out to match that $10,000! If you’d like to help, here’s a link to the donation page.

I arrived at the Boston Rescue Mission in time to help Michelle and Jen unpack massive boxes of food they had picked up at Costco. Our strength was definitely tested!

While we were getting settled, Elina joined us, and we got started on our meal. On the menu? Bacon wrapped pork with a maple syrup drizzle, roasted potatoes, buttered corn, salad, and brownies.

The shoppers picked up a LOT of food, but we had a lot of people to feed. The Boston Rescue Mission offers a variety of services including a residential program for people who are working to recover from addiction, a homeless shelter, a meal program for families in need, and a place for hungry people to come for meals.

Jen and I tackled cleaning, cutting, and seasoning the potatoes before they were roasted in the kitchen’s many ovens.

   Elina and Michelle butterflied the pork added the bacon, spices, and maple syrup and got those in the oven before they joined us to help with the potatoes.

Once everything was cooking, we had little to do but mix the salad and dressing. We were a good team!

Once the food was ready, it was time to serve. Residents of the in-house program arrived first, followed by a general seating, where anyone is welcome to come in for a meal. Later in the evening, the people who are going to stay the night come to eat.

It was so much fun to cook together; we all love to do it anyway, and it was even better cooking a meal for people who needed it. Serving was even more fun; a large majority of the people we served, despite various tough life circumstances, were very cheerful and even more grateful. I felt myself get choked up a few times throughout the afternoon; even though I know it’s out there, it’s never easy to be faced with so much need in the world, so many people going without. I shouldn’t need a reminder of how great my life is and to be more grateful, but like many people, I let small day-to-day things get me down. Serving others made me remember how lucky I am and how doing some sort of service is just the right thing to do for all human beings.

I wish I could do work like this every day, and I am definitely interested in returning on a more regular basis. Many thanks to Jen for getting us all out of the house on a Sunday and to the whole group for making it so much fun.

Do you enjoy volunteering for any particular cause or organization?

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Earlier in the week I posted about possible Valentine’s Day date spots.  Today I have one Valentine’s Day gift idea for the food lover in your life (or you!) that will give again and again and do a world of good for hungry children in Massachusetts.

Taste of the Nation tickets are currently 20% off with this code: VDAY2012. The Taste of the Nation event is on April 19, 2012 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. It is an AMAZING gathering of chefs from around Boston, and it is absolutely one of my favorite events of the year.

Just check out this year’s honorary chef chairs:

Jody Adams, Rialto and Trade

Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery and Myers + Chang

Gordon Hamersley, Hamersley’s Bistro

Andy Husbands, Tremont 647

Taste of the Nation benefits Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, which is dedicated to ending childhood hunger by making sure kids get the healthy food they need every day.

One hundred percent of ticket sales goes to this cause.

For a recap and photos of last year’s Taste of the Nation, check out my post. Hope to see you there this year!

http://traveleatlove.com/2011/04/take-the-pledge/

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Details are below. I hope you will participate.

Attention Chefs & Foodies!

Where Hash Rules, an ebook on the history of Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe in Boston’s South End, will soon be available at the iTunes Store.

We’re soliciting favorite recipes from chefs and foodies in the Boston area (and beyond) and we invite you to make a submission or two and spread the word to your friends in the culinary community! Charlie’s, winner of a James Beard Award, has been a Boston landmark since 1927.

All contributors will have their photos, blog/website/Facebook/twitter info, and a bio blurb included with their recipes. Thank you for helping with this project!

—

To make a submission, please do the following:
1. Email your recipe, a recent photo of yourself, a short bio, and any social media contact information to wherehashrules ( @) gmail.com.
2. We’ll respond with a confirmation, then let you know if your submission has been accepted.
3. The deadline is Friday, February 10, 2012.
Follow on Twitter: @wherehashrules

Technorati Tags: Boston, cookbook, Food, recipes