Local author Andrea Cassell is pictured with her book ‘Nahima’s Hands: Unique Mediterranean Cuisine.’

In this season of giving, local author Andrea Cassell shared her talent of cooking to raise money for Putnam Community Resources and the Greene County Food Pantry. The fundraiser, Cooking for a Cause, was sphere headed by Connie Karpinsky with The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and raised $900 for the less fortunate in the community. 

In the video, Cassell shared her recipe for Apricot Baked Chicken. The recipe is in her cookbook, “Nahima’s Hands: Unique Mediterranean Cuisine.” Nahima Albert, Andrea’s grandmother, shared her love for her family in the kitchen and the cookbook was a way to pass on those recipes to her children and grandchildren. The book became very popular and was sold at Kroger, bookstores and restaurants. 

“Nahima’s Hands: Unique Mediterraen Cuisine” features Mediterranean healthy dishes which are easy to prepare, including appetizers, salads and dressings, rice and legumes, soups, vegetables, gluten free, beef/pork/chicken, desserts and breads, several dishes with wine pairings and a slow cooker section. The cookbook also features original recipes from Andrea Cassell.

“In light of the pandemic, we have found ourselves spending a lot of time in our kitchen. It was my pleasure to share my grandmother’s recipe with the community and raise money for this very worthy cause.” 

If you are interested in this fundraiser by the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer to provide food for the less-fortunate in our community, please go to http://greensborogaepiscopal.org/Events.html#info-k4. For more information on Andrea’s cookbook or her other award-winning children’s books, please go to her website at www.andreacassell.com.