Rachel is a reporter for Bklyner and recent Brooklyn transplant who is a bit obsessed with food.
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Volunteers for Nurture BK collect compost. Courtesy of Nurture BK.For Brooklyn’s robust composting community, the city’s decision in April to suspend curbside compost pickup [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/press-releases/nyc-sanitation-announces-service-changes-related-to-covid-19-budget-cuts] , and temporarily close Food Scrap Drop-Off Sites, due to COVID-19-related budget cuts was
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Ursula in Crown Heights. Credit: Noah FecksWhen chef Eric See was forced to close down his Bushwick café, the Awkward Scone [/come-for-burritos-stay-for-the-scones-conversation-with-eric-see-of-awkward-scone/] , back in June, the borough was temporarily deprived of the New Mexican-style breakfast burritos that had become the spot’s calling card. Stuffed with hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, and
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11-year-old Brooklyn native Alyssa Cheatham has a powerful voice. That voice, on full display in her two singles ‘The Weekend’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ypgTXT6alo&feature=emb_logo] and ‘Like it Here,’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUZgTG-Imo] has also brought life to a handful of
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German’s Soup Owner Clinton Urling. Courtesy of Michael Tulipan.First-time visitors to the new German’s Soup [https://www.germanssoup.com/] in Crown Heights would be well-advised to order the cow heel soup. It’s a meal of a soup, says owner Clinton Urling, consisting of tender cow’s
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At United Community Centers of East New York [https://ucceny.org/] (UCCENY), a nonprofit that serves the East New York community through everything from ESL classes to early childhood education, many of the costs associated with keeping the center running involve things like paying program staff, organizing field trips, and
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Brooklyn Arts for Kids participants restore the Community mural. Courtesy of Brooklyn Arts for Kids.At Brooklyn Arts for Kids [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9MbJICfyJ0oJ:www.brooklynartsforkids.com/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us] , a visual and performing arts program for
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Peace, Love & Paratha is a new, mobile Indian supper club delivering home-cooked Indian food to central Brooklyn residents. It’s also the creation of two women — Lily Dasgupta and Christina Das — who developed a lasting friendship over good food. Das (left) and Dasgupta. Courtesy of Christina Das. The pair
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Volunteers working on the octopus mural at P.S. 54 in 2019. Courtesy of Lauren Cawdrey.Two years ago, on a whim, Bed-Stuy resident Lauren Cawdrey decided to buy Willoughby General [https://www.willoughbygeneral.com/], a small storefront near the Myrtle – Willoughby subway station. The space had been left suddenly
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‘Do Look Down’ by Shannon Hui, Kwans Kim, and Yujin Kim. Courtesy of Van Alen Institute.Two winners have been announced for the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge Competition, hosted by design nonprofit, Van Alen Institute [https://www.vanalen.org/our-work/]. The winner in the professional category is titled Brooklyn Bridge Forest
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Brian Villanueva and Autumn Moultrie of Back Alley BreadIt started with an edible green called Amaranth. With a burst of purplish-red at the center of each leaf, amaranth is found at markets across New York’s many Chinatowns, and its nutrient-dense seeds are cooked and eaten like a grain. The
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Precious Dreams Foundation founder Nicole Russell visiting with kids pre-pandemic. Courtesy of Precious Dreams Foundation.COVID-19 has been rough for kids living in homeless shelters, Nicole Russell explained, especially those who had grown accustomed to receiving in-person visits from groups like Precious Dreams Foundation [https://www.preciousdreamsfoundation.org/about-us/], which
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CampComputer volunteers. Courtesy of Cintia Shamsu.CampComputer [https://www.campcomputer.org/], a free, two week-long virtual education program catering to rising fourth-and fifth-grade students across the city, was created out of necessity. The college-age creators watched their younger siblings – many of whom are in elementary school – quickly run out of