‘Stone Soup Chicago’ And Storytelling For The Common Good

A centuries-old folktale about community, empathy and shared meals gets the Chicago treatment in a kids book from the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Stone Soup Chicago is part of a campaign by the food bank to combat hunger at a time of widespread food insecurity. In the Loop sits down with author and comics creator John Jennings, illustrator and multidisciplinary artist Sam Kirk and Greater Chicago Food Depository Chief Operating Officer Jill Rahman. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop .