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The Gift of Food Last Halloween, there was a food drive at the school where I work. Strolling by one day, I checked out the bins. There were gluten-free crackers, rice pasta, olive tapenade , artichoke hearts packed in seasoned oil, and quinoa. Another woman happened by. She smiled,then said this : "Too bad they wont know what to do with most of it." It was one of those moments in life when your ears hear something but your brain cant quite proccess it. I asked,"What do you mean?" The women turned toward me, still smiling. "Those people wont know what most of that stuff is. I mean, really. Quinoa? Yep. I'd heard correctly. Those people. At the moment, it had been eight months since the last time I had gotten groceries at our local food pantry. Eight months since the long-overdue child support from my ex-husband kicked in. Even though in wasnt much, it made the difference between being able to buy enough food for th...