It started with pancakes.
Students at Rosemary Anderson schools were used to utilitarian cafeteria food. Food that did its best to be nutritious and appealing, but came up short in just about every way.
Until Kiki, a faculty member at POIC, took it upon herself to cook meals for the students at her campus. Pancakes were her specialty. They sparked such enthusiasm with students, that teachers began to expect more attendance and engagement on pancake days.
Our small team at WK heard this story - and it sparked something. An insight that never gets mentioned in food pyramids or wellness guides. The thing experts overlook in the connection between nutrition and school performance: Cooking for someone is loving them. And love is the most nutritious thing there is.
SERVE LOVE became the creative expression of The Kitchen. A shorthand for initiative and a powerful call to action for donors.
The team at WK wanted to create a way for more of us to help make the Kitchen a reality. Not just POIC’s typical donors, but every food-loving Portlander. The result was a cookbook of recipes sourced directly from the POIC + RAHS community. Heirloom recipes from faculty, comforting meals from parents, favorite recipes from real students. With the cookbook, donors can become part of the Rosemary Anderson community and help Serve Love to people who need it.
