Its the middle of April and the daily lives of everyone in the world has stopped operating normally.
We are all trying our best to stay healthy as a killer virus makes its rounds. Something that I could never have imagined possible is going on with people staying at home to prevent the spread of the virus. Most work and travel have been put on hold and we are trying to make the best of it. With the prospect of a long time being isolated at home I came up with the idea to connect people with food. A facebook group called Shelter in place cooking that will allow the sharing of foods cooked, ideas, questions and resources. I did not think much whether people would take part in it but it would give me something to focus on since we all have to still cook and eat.
It started growing slowly then it took off and reached 2000 members in less then two weeks. I was then contacted by the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper and did a phone interview about the group.
After a few days the story was published online and people flooded the group with requests to join, 1300 new members over night! As of today we are up to over 6000 members who are posting photos and descriptions of what they are cooking and eating. People like the group because they share a common bond with everyone else in the form of food and its one of the last things we all have that is still somewhat normal.
