This is a photo of me at the Gallery at the End of the World's "Art Bender Weekend." As I have always loved cooking and catering, I have been lucky to have the opportunity to cook for the Sunday Brunch. This weekend was no different except I decided to up my game because I was donating all of the money that I made in tips to the Altadena Library Teen Summer Reading Program.....
I got baking early on Saturday and then arrived at the gallery Sunday with muffins, scones, coffee cake and other pastries and then I settled in to cook. Ben McGinty provides the essentials: eggs, bacon, etc. and I do the cooking. It was a long 5 hours and I cooked a lot of food, including potatoes, frittatas and 5 pounds of bacon, yes I said, five pounds of maple glazed bacon was served up to the the hungry attendees. Many people were happy to give even more than their usual tip when they heard the cause I was cooking for. "That's awesome" and "I love libraries," were just a few of the positive comments I heard. It was a long hard day of cooking but worth every minute. At the end of the day I tallied up my tips and wrote a check to the library in the amount of $161.00 and that was even with tipping out to some of the other helpers.
I just want to thank everyone who so generously donated on Sunday and everyone else who is supporting the Teen Summer Reading program including the Friends of the Altadena Library! We (the teens and I) really appreciate your support!
