Vermouth Maker’s Touch of Glass
Bianca Miraglia’s start-up company, Uncouth Vermouth, produces only a few hundred cases annually – and that’s how she likes it.
Topic: Food
Meet Queens’ ‘Qustodian’
Jeff Orlick’s alter ego is The Queens Qustodian, a one-man cleanup crew who tears down illegal street signs and tackles other urban blemishes.
via The Jewish Daily Forward
Kosher Soup Kitchen Struggles
The Masbia soup kitchen, which serves Jewish and non-Jewish clients, expects to serve up to 1.5 million meals this year — twice the number doled out in 2013.
via The Jewish Daily Forward
Keeping Kosher, via Colombia
Ruben Diaz is the head chef at Masbia, a kosher soup kitchen network.
via DNAInfo.com
Wi-Fi’s Free, But Speech Isn’t
Au Bon Pain blocks wi-fi users from accessing some websites – including GLAAD's homepage and abortion debate-related sites.
via Our Town Downtown
East Meets East Village In Candy
Pragati Sawhney brings a taste of her native India to her start-up chocolate business.
via New York Daily News
Meals on Wheels for Homeless
Construction worker Carlos Vargas started a mobile food pantry that feeds up to 150 people a week in the Bronx and Manhattan.
A Cronut as Sweet By Any Name
The creators of the Cronut are scrambling to protect its name, while imitators come up with monikers of their own, like "Doughssants" and "Kronies."