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The Long, Long Crawl to Brooklyn
Horns blare and police sirens sound, but all to no avail. A silver sedan is blocking the intersection of Fifth Avenue and East 65th and cannot or will not be moved. The taxi driver begins to sweat,...
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Slideshows: Rescue Efforts in Red Hook
The housing projects surrounding Hicks Street loom dark and silent on the Thursday after Sandy. In the midst of the darkness, Red Hook Initiative is a bustling center of activity. Residents line up to...
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The Morning After…And The Night Before
8:25 A.M. on November 7th, 2012 at Atlantic Ave. and Flatbush Ave. The morning after the election, Brooklyn is grey and cold. The streets have become wind tunnels and a woman waiting at the bus stop...
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Is Brooklyn Becoming the Silicon Valley of Food?
Something is happening in Brooklyn. In Manhattan Beach, small food producers line up to use Kingsborough Community College’s kitchen space. Every weekend, Manhattanites take the train to DUMBO and...
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Rachael Mamane: Brooklyn Bouillon
Three years ago Rachael Mamane was living in Seattle and struggling to find work that combined her parallel passions for technology and food. “Now I’m encountering companies that are based in food,...
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Monica Luczak and Przemek Adolf: Saucy by Nature
Image courtesy of Saucy by Nature Until a few years ago Monika Luczak was just another New York City lawyer dissatisfied with her job. Now the co-founder of Saucy by Nature and food artisan alliance...
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Paige McCurdy-Flynn: Cookie Fairy Sweets
Image courtesy of Cookie Fairy Sweets For Paige McCurdy-Flynn, the recession was a much-needed push into a new career path. After losing her job at Fortune Magazine, where she had been a production...
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Jess Eddy and Crista Freeman: Phin & Phebes
Spread peanut butter and marshmallow fluff between two Ritz crackers. Cover the sandwich with caramel, then with chocolate. Finally, break the layers into tiny pieces and mix into a sweet ice cream...
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Jorge Moret and Michael Marino: Spicy ‘n Sweet
Spicy ‘n Sweet co-founder Jorge Moret calls the company “a bit of a Modern Family business” and it does sound like the premise of a sitcom: a graphic designer, a furniture designer, and an Italian...
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