Future brides aren’t all that’s getting wasted in Nashville

New nonprofit salvages leftover bachelorette party food

Ella’s House staffers receive a donation from Bach Bank/ Photos by Mark Blankenship
Ella’s House staffers receive a donation from Bach Bank/ Photos by Mark Blankenship
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An earlier version of this story misquoted an Ella’s House staffer. The story has been updated with the corrected quote and attribution. If you feel you’ve found a mistake in our coverage, please email raskin@thefoodsection.com; it’s TFS policy to promptly address all factual errors.

On a recent Monday morning, Liz Nash stood on the front porch of an Airbnb near downtown Nashville. She was at the tail end of a friend’s bachelorette weekend, and as she shielded her eyes from the sun, she admitted she’d been drinking too much. 

 
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