Cooking for others

Today's Boston Globe features an interesting article by the restaurant critic. She acknowledges feeling guilty reviewing swanky restaurants and at the same time reading about the current rice and cooking oil shortage in developing countries. Her proposal is this : If you're planning on going out to dinner, change your restaurant to one a step down in price range than you were planning on going to, and donate the rest to world hunger organizations. Not a bad idea, eh? You could take it one step further by going homespun and cooking that meal you were going to have at home, then donating that money. I think that a steak dinner: Steak, salad, potato, etc. is just as good, if not better, at home, and think of the money you could save! Feed your palate and your conscious at the same time.
Here's the article. Her blog also features a list of organizations who need donations.