Bracken’s Kitchen takes healthy meals to impoverished people

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Bill Bracken picked up a spoon to stir a pot of stew.

“This was made completely from scratch,” he said, pointing to pieces of chicken, zucchini and bok choy. “It’s full of vegetables, it’s low-fat, low-calories, low-sugar — nothing processed at all. I made it yesterday.We let it set for 24 hours to really set the flavors and we’ll heat it up later.”

Bracken spent 25 years cooking at five-star luxury hotels for customers such as actor Sylvester Stallone and Hollywood filmmaker Ron Howard. But today, he serves a different clientele.

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