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Food Truck Nation

May 5th, 2014  |  by  |  published in Access | 1 Comment »

The Ecuadorian salchipapa cart parked in front of a school playground on Roosevelt Avenue. Photo: Alexandra Torrealba.

As Jackson Heights’ restaurants and bodegas close their doors for the day, another kind of food business hits the streets.

Enough to Eat

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Fairway Market on the Upper West Side. Photo: Johanna Barr.

Nowhere is the gap between rich and poor New Yorkers more apparent than in the kitchen, as some find themselves with plenty of fresh food to eat and others are forced to do without.

Grow Your Own

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Signs of spring show at the Padre Plaza Community Garden.

A greenmarket and garden help to grow the next generation of food-smart residents in the South Bronx.

Scandinavia

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Arlene Rutuelo and her mother Helen Bakke stand behind the counter of Nordic Delicacies, the Scandinavian store they have managed since 1987. Photo: Marie-Jose Daoud.

Nordic Delicacies, the last vestige of what was the largest Scandinavian population in the United States.

Survival To Go

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East Side Glatt on Grand Street (Photo: Mary Wojcik)

A Lower East Side kosher butcher hunts for new customers as old ones move away.

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