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When Melvin Jenkins’ brother brought him to the Bay Area Rescue Mission earlier this year, Jenkins thought it was for a cooking job. And it was — sort of. Jenkins quickly realized that he had been fooled; the “job” was actually a 14-month drug recovery program, run in conjunction with an intensive culinary training course. Jenkins, who had worked previously at restaurants, said he has always had a passion for cooking. So he agreed to join the program. Six months…