All of the people and organizations involved in the Greater Chicago Food Depository deserve our accolades (“Soup kitchens ladle out higher-end fare,” Page 1, Dec. 6). But I found the quote “. . . poor people should be able to expect the same quality food as everyone else” to be thought-provoking.
Had the word “nutritious” been substituted for “quality,” I would not have taken notice. Nutrition is certainly an important measure of the quality of food, as the article mentioned. But it is the more intangible qualities of food that contribute more to the art of cuisine, an art that people are willing to pay big, somewhat irrational dollars for.
The article also referred to the repetitious nature of soup kitchen food. Many of us eat monotonous, boring brown bag lunches at our places of employment every day. There is something to be said, though, for monotony when it comes to food. It tends to diminish our interest in it, which is good for our waistlines and the planet.
