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    Food for the soul

    Dec 02, 2020 4 minutes

    Pots of rich vegetable curry bubble away on the stove, the mouth-watering spicy scent wafting through an otherwise austere kitchen. Since early morning, a small army of volunteers has gathered here on the outskirts of Melbourne and brought this unassuming space to life, peeling, chopping and dicing their way through an Everest-sized stack of potatoes, pumpkin, sweet potato and carrots, all brimming to the top of stainless-steel cauldrons. Within hours, these home-cooked curries will be nurturing and nourishing hundreds of families impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

    Just over three years ago, a small team of volunteers from the local Sikh community began delivering free food twice a

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