Volume 27, Number 47
Friday, November 19, 2021
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Lending a hand Food drive organizers hoping for a Sweet 16 By Bronwyn Commins Special to Town Times
Like so many others who have had the good fortune to work with Kathy Bottini and the Local Wellness Coalition from October to December each year, I have been busy changing the initials on my to-do list from CRU to CDO: Community Round-Up to Community Drop-Off. Only the initials have changed. The good deeds and generosity of our community have not. This year’s Drop-Off food See Drop-Off, A6
Shauna Lawson, a nurse and mother of two from Middlefield, started a company that provides mac and cheese free from any artificial flavors, colors or preservatives. Photo courtesy Hide-N-Snack
Middlefield resident’s mac and cheese business is heating up By Nadya Korytnikova Town Times
Is there a comfort food more universally loved than macaroni and cheese? While delicious, like most easy-towhip-up dishes, mac and cheese is not the healthiest of meal options. But a locally-owned business set out to change that. Launched in August, Hide-N-Snack brand Mac-Over mac and cheese is free of artificial flavors, colors and preservatives.
Looking to grow Garden Club aims to add members Eighty-eight years ago, on March 23, 1933, 12 ladies interested in gardening, gathered at the Durham library to organize the first Garden Club in town.
The website for the business states: "We believe that food should taste good, but also be good for you. We strive to put the best possible ingredients in our food and naturally flavor with spices and seasonings."
When Lawson looked for healthier mac and cheese options, she found them hard to come by.
Hide-N-Snack was started by Middlefield resident Shauna Lawson, a nurse and mother of two. “When the pandemic hit, we were looking for something to keep us busy during that time and we were also eating a lot of mac and cheese because that’s my kids’ most favorite food,” she said. “They’d eat it every day if I let them.”
Currently, Hide-N-Snack offers four Mac-Over mac and cheese flavors: white cheddar, pizza, ranch and BBQ. Another flavor – nacho cheese – is coming soon.
With a mission to promote interest and activity in all forms of gardening, the club moved forward to encourage education and an appreciation of the advantages of gardening.
Lawson is also working on low-sodium and vegan versions of her offerings.
Over the years, club activities and actions have continued to focus on civic beauti-
That’s when the idea for Hide-NSnack came about.
See Mac and cheese, A2
See Garden, A13