Area Food Pantries Try To Watch What They Mete

By Lori Aratani Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 29, 2008; Page A01 It was the maraschino cherries that did it. "Are you trying to kill me?" the woman asked Ted Pringle, director of food and clothing for Bread for the City, the District's largest food pantry. "I'm a diabetic. I can't have these." The jar -- a contribution from a well-meaning donor -- had been accidentally packed into the woman's monthly food bag. But the incident crystallized a disconnect that had long troubled Pringle.