meals

Even the humblest meals — like Crock Pot pinto beans ladled into chipped bowls after the Sunday night church services of my childhood — felt a little more indulgent when there was cornbread on the table.

A food bank which provides thousands of free meals to struggling families each week said it had been forced to make most of its staff redundant due to a funding shortage.

After cooking meals such as rice and stew, they deliver the food to people in shelters.

The fact that we're increasingly alone, as indicated, for example, by less and less sharing of meals, means that our views of the world no longer get tested.

The family have been helping run groups in the church, cleaning and preparing meals for attendees.