Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To see our full nondiscrimination statement, click here.

Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Cooking for Recovery

A community cooking space for people with substance use disorder.

In Memory of Spencer Streetman

Chef, Friend, Brother, Son

Spencer's passion for cooking inspired the Cooking for Recovery program at BMC

Chef Spencer in front of a range with two pans and a large flame.

About:

Nutrition can play a key role in the treatment and recovery process for individuals with substance use disorder. Both drugs and alcohol impact how the body metabolizes food, and an individual's ability to absorb nutrients. Malnutrition, common in individuals with SUD, can increase drug-seeking behavior. Weight gain and sugar cravings are very common during recovery, as are eating disorders and substance substitution (sugar, caffeine, nicotine). Cooking for Recovery aims to enhance participants' self-care tool box through nutrition education, addressing body-image concerns, and teaching life-skills such as meal planning and preparing balanced meals and snacks on a budget.

Cooking For Recovery has been written about in HealthCity and at Boston.com.

Partners:

The Spencer Streetman Memorial Fund - a very special thank-you to the Streetman family for their generous support of the Cooking for Recovery program.

EMO Health

Grayken Center for Addiction

Back On My Feet

Schedule:

Once a month on Wednesdays, we have class from 10:30-12:30 for START clinic patients. 

Bi-monthly on Tuesday evenings from 5-6:15 we have a class for CATALYST clinic patients. 

We are piloting an English and Spanish language series with our partners, Back on My Feet, beginning in October 24. 

We have run groups at:

  • Hope House
  • Stepping Stones
  • Monarch House (SEMCOA)
  • Harmony House (SEMCOA)
  • Glenice Sheehan Women’s Recovery Home (Lowell House) 
  • Men’s Recovery Home (Lowell House)
  • Wyman Recovery Home (BPHC)
  • Transitions (BPHC)

Collaborate:

Interested in a Cooking for Recovery group class at your residential facility, in our Teaching Kitchen, or through zoom? We would love to hear from you. Please contact us at gabrielle.simons@bmc.org.

Give:

If you would like to donate to the Cooking for Recovery program in honor of Spencer Streetman:

  1.  Visit the Make A Donation web page
  2. Under "Gift Designation" select "Other"
  3. Under "Other Designation" write "Preventive Food Pantry in honor of Spencer Streetman"

 

 

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Sweet Potato Brownies

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Grain Bowl (FRAMEWORK)

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Popcorn

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Microwave Baked Potato

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Baked Potato

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Simple Slaw

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