Thursday, August 13, 2009

Food for thought -- and justice

Barbecues at the Silver Spring Moishe House are nothing unusual. The five 20-something Moishe House residents regularly host friends, neighbors and others throughout the cookout season for get-togethers that are more than just gorge-athons. Each is also a Jewish-themed presentation with an important lesson to teach.

On this steamy Sunday afternoon, the theme was social justice -- at least as it applies to food. More than 70 guests filled the front and backyard of the four-story Mississippi Avenue home, to enjoy a side order of gastronomic stewardship with their hamburgers, peaches and corn-on-the-cob. Moishe House residents dubbed it a "food justice" barbecue.

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