We're Safe - But There's Work To Be Done
My mother and I are safe from the fires. 🙏🏾 We’re blessed to have been welcomed into a home with power far away from the raging Kincade...
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erinschrode
Sep 20, 20192 min read
Everything Has An Impact
Nothing passes us by without impact. Nothing is ever fully behind us. Nothing exists only in our past. That is true of some moments or...
erinschrode
Jul 18, 20191 min read
Chefs For Puerto Rico
I am not Puerto Rican and I am not a chef. Why then have I spent the last seventy days leading #ChefsForPuertoRico, the island’s largest...
erinschrode
Jan 11, 20192 min read
Hamilton is in Puerto Rico!
“In the room where it happened!” 🇵🇷 🎭 Hamilton is here in Puerto Rico… and I am not giving away my shot to see Lin-Manuel Miranda and...
erinschrode
Dec 19, 20182 min read
The Power of Wishes
You’re eight years old. You’ve been battling a rare form of leukemia for six years. You have a wish: to give food, water and toys to the...
erinschrode
Nov 15, 20181 min read
Farming with Martha Stewart
Took Martha Stewart and some friends to the farm!!! 🇵🇷What a day sharing about our year plus #ChefsForPuertoRico journey in food and...
erinschrode
Oct 15, 20181 min read
World Central Kitchen is Ready to Make a Difference
Wherever there is a fight so that hungry people may eat, we will be there. Such is the foundational belief and guiding principle of my...
erinschrode
Sep 12, 20182 min read
We Deserve Better.
Newsflash from Puerto Rico: – The Trump Administration did not do a “fantastic job” in any way, shape or form – Nothing about the...
erinschrode
Aug 22, 20182 min read
New Beginnings For Don Jose
A changed home, a changed man, a changed spirit. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about discovering Don Jose’s inhumane living conditions...
erinschrode
Aug 10, 20181 min read
I'm Committed To Local Agriculture... and Proud Of It!
"This is where sustainable farming came in. World Central Kitchen wanted fresh, local food for their operation and to support the people...
erinschrode
Aug 2, 20182 min read
A Roof For Don Jose
A broom, an extension cord, a pair of pants with a rusty lawn chair… to hold down a blue tarp on the house of Don Jose. 🙏🏾 These living...
erinschrode
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Restaur-Arte Vida Ventura en La Hacienda Luz de Luna
Pastel y cazuela en las montañas.🍴🇵🇷 My dear friend and longtime #ChefsForPuertoRico champion Ventura Vivoni just opened a new spot in...
erinschrode
Jul 12, 20182 min read
Mother Nature provides. 🙌🏾🌎🙏🏾 Foraged herbs, edible flowers and local produce from the mountain
Ricardito has taught me more than most. He and his mom Iris have volunteered with us since the beginning of #ChefsForPuertoRico — when he...
erinschrode
Jul 11, 20181 min read
Celebrating Meal 45,000!!!
Our #ChefsForPuertoRico team serves up magic every day. 🇵🇷🙏🏾♥️ I just delivered boxes of fresh local produce from our partner farms...
erinschrode
Jul 8, 20181 min read
Preparing For Beryl
Keep Puerto Rico in your hearts. 🇵🇷🙏🏾 Beryl may no longer be a hurricane, but for the hundreds of thousands of American citizens...
erinschrode
Jul 8, 20181 min read
Lola
This is the heart of what we do. 🙏🏾🙏🏾 If you’ve volunteered with #ChefsForPuertoRico over the past six months, chances are you know...
erinschrode
Jul 3, 20181 min read
Girls Run The World!
Who run the world? Girls! 🙋🏽♀️💁🏼♀️🙆🏿♀️ And this group of high school volunteers rocked the veggie prep, which means more fresh...
erinschrode
Jun 16, 20181 min read
Chef-Driven Emergency Response
Chef-driven emergency response is an idea we piloted here in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria… and it’s now serving Guatemaltecos in...
erinschrode
Jun 15, 20181 min read
The Edible Garden
Grow your own! 🌱🇵🇷 A #ChefsForPuertoRico edible garden was but an idea in my head… yet with a few upcycled palettes, seeds and starts...
erinschrode
Jun 12, 20181 min read
Celebrating Dine N' Dash
I love Puerto Rico. I love our familia. I love what we do. 🙏🏾🇵🇷Humbled to be a part of our #ChefsForPuertoRico movement to serve here...
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