Lilya Medvedev and 84 other students in Kinney High School’s culinary arts program were given a difficult task last Wednesday: plan and prepare 50 healthy meals by Friday for families facing a food crisis due to delays in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
The students worked into the evening hours and all day Thursday, preparing spaghetti with a marinara sauce chock-full of eggplant, squash, carrots, mushrooms, green peppers and onions.
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