[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E529-E530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO JENNIE COOK--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 18, 2022

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our Nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Jennie Cook of 
Silver Lake, a unique neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
  Ms. Cook's passion for cooking and dedication to changing the way 
America eats manifests itself in her business as the owner and 
executive chef of Jennie Cook's Catering and Plant Based Parties, which 
she has operated for nearly four decades. Prior to that, she was the 
owner of Cook's Double Dutch Restaurant, where she created the 
Sustainable Supper Club, which offered a quarterly vegan family style 
meal. Jennie is also a columnist and in 2013 published her cookbook, 
``Who Wants Seconds?''
  She also established the 24th Street Garden School Foundation, which 
provides a cooking class for third grade students in the garden, and 
founded The Mystery Lunch Box Challenge, a cooking competition class at 
Crenshaw and Jefferson High Schools. For several years, Jennie served 
as Chairwoman of the Board of RootDownLA, which educates children on 
how to grow, cook, share, and sell vegetables. Ms. Cook is a founding 
member of Food for Lunch!, which lobbied for healthier foods in the Los 
Angeles Unified School District.
  Other volunteer activities include fundraising for the Silverlake 
Conservatory of Music's scholarship fund, assisting in the creation of 
the Los Angeles Chapter of Moms Demand Action, and organizing a monthly 
mixer in her neighborhood to celebrate the community. In addition, when 
her children were younger, she served on the boards of the Rose 
Scharlin Co-operative Nursery School, the Hilltop Nursery School, and 
the Sequoyah School.
  Jennie and her husband of 45 years, John Cook, live in Silver Lake, 
and have three grown children.
  I ask all Members to join me in honoring this exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Jennie 
Cook.

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