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Celebrate Pozole at Bowl of ‘Zole Festival This Saturday in Williamsburg

Red pozole. Courtesy of Food Karma Projects.WILLIAMSBURG – Bowl of ‘Zole – a new festival celebrating one of Mexico’s most beloved dishes, pozole, with eleven distinct variations on the hominy-based soup by eleven different chefs, will take place in Williamsburg this Saturday, February 29. Chef Danny Mena and Arik Torren,

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Fort Greene-Farragut Fresh Pantry Launches, Bringing Fresh Produce To NYCHA Residents

Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.NYCHA residents from Farragut, Ingersoll and Whitman Houses now have a free monthly market of their own, courtesy of a partnership between City Harvest and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (MARP). Dubbed Fresh Pantry, the mobile market will be stationed at Navy and Nassau

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New Parking App, SpotPog, Launches In Brooklyn

We all know how hard it can be to park in the neighborhood, but a new app called SpotPog, which launched on Monday, hopes to make the struggle a bit easier. SpotPog is launching in Park Slope, Boerum Hill, and Fort Greene to start. Drivers in these neighborhoods will be

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Help Feed Thousands Of New York Families: Donate To City Harvest’s Food Drive Beginning This Sunday, May 10

The food donated to City Harvest will go to more than 500 soup kitchens, food pantries and other programs across the city. Photo via City HarvestWith about one in four children facing hunger in our city, there’s no question help is needed — and, beginning this Sunday, May 10, you

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Aperitivo Builds Award-Winning Gingerbread Landscape & Helps Raise Money For Charity

Congratulations to Mario DiBiase of Aperitivo, who, along with Susanna Caliendo of Rolling Pin Productions, won the People’s Choice Award for the annual Gingerbread Extravaganza at Le Parker Meridien in Manhattan! Their awesome gingerbread creation — a Coney Island landscape with Santa and his elves enjoying the rides — was one

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Donate To City Harvest At Neighborhood FDNY & NYPD Stations

Three cheers are in order for the kids over at P.S. 124, who recently collected and donated over 400 pounds of food to City Harvest. If you’d like to follow their lead, and help ensure that every New Yorker has enough to eat this holiday season (and beyond)

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Fire and Police Stations Collecting for City Harvest

Planning your holiday meals? If so, consider grabbing a few extra items for a donation to City Harvest this season. Non-parishable foods can be dropped off at NYPD and FDNY stations across the city through January 4, 2013. Here’s a handy list of locations in our neck of the

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Bensonhurst Food Pantry Faces New Obstacle: The Parks Dept.

A volunteer serves a resident in need at Reaching Out Community Services (Photo by Carla Astudillo)Weeks after we published a story on Reaching Out Community Services‘ struggles to keep food stocked on its shelves, The New York Daily News reports that the beleaguered Bensonhurst food pantry at 7708 New