Good evening friends!
Our group left Gannon bright and early this morning and safely arrived in
Detroit this afternoon. We spent the day settling into Salem Church, our new
home for the week, and doing some grocery shopping and group bonding.
After dropping off our bags, the first order of business was
lunch. We ate at Cleopatra’s, an Egyptian restaurant near the church. Detroit
is a center for Arab culture in the States and is well-known for its Middle
Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine. We’ll be visiting a mosque later in the week
to more deeply explore this aspect of Detroit, and we may or may not be
stopping at another Arab restaurant. (What can I say? Your girl loves
falafel)!
After the amazing
meal at Cleopatra’s, we headed to two nearby grocery stores: Food Pride and
Whole Foods. (We took the “don’t shop on an empty stomach” rule VERY seriously
– we were absolutely stuffed after lunch)! We took note of the atmosphere,
variety, and prices in both stores. Food Pride was a more low-budget grocery
store, similar to Shop ‘n’ Save or K Mart. Whole Foods was a little more
upscale and had a wider range of specialty products. Both stores had a diverse
clientele and employee base.
We’ll be eating lunch at Capuchin Soup kitchen nearly every
day and taking turns making dinner in the evening using the church’s kitchen.
Caleigh and DK started us off tonight with pasta (yay)! Cooking for a group of
11 with diverse dietary preferences is definitely going to be fun and
interesting. We have a vegan and vegetarian among our ranks, plus a member who
eats only halal (specially slaughtered and blessed) meat.
Tomorrow we’ll begin to explore more of Detroit and tackle some thought provoking issues such as Food Justice and Gentrification!
- Alex Stauff
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