Atlanta’s culinary cred doesn’t end with paid-for meals

“Thank you so much, family!” Deaundrea “Dee” Stephens-Johnson exclaims as several men shuffle past her table at the Atlanta Recovery Center in downtown Atlanta to pick up the plates of baked chicken, rice, and broccoli she’s brought them. 

“Grab a box…love you!” She makes eye contact with a man walking past her catering table before she looks down again to plop rice onto a white Styrofoam to-go plate, emblazoned with the bright red letters of the American Red Cross.