CHICAGO (AP) – When Manish Mallick opened his Chicago restaurant last year, he was focused on building a business that got rave reviews for its “progressive Indian cuisine.” Now he regularly delivers hundreds of meals to those hardest-hit by the pandemic. As hunger in America grows, his restaurant, ROOH, is one of more than 2,400 being funded by the non-profit World Central Kitchen to do this work. The organization also is lobbying Congress for federal emergency dollars to take this model to every state. The Senate plans to consider various ways to provide help to those in need in the days to come.
