Jorge Muñoz, born March 23, 1964, is the founder of the non-profit An Angel in Queens, an organization begun in the summer of 2004 that delivers free home-cooked meals in Queens. The food is delivered at the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street in Jackson Heights.
Muñoz was born in Colombia and his father died in an accident when he was young. Muñoz followed his mother, moving to New York to find work to support the family, obtaining legal residency in 1987, and later becoming a citizen, along with his mother and sister. He has estimated that he has served to more than 70,000 people since 2004.
On August 4, 2010, Jorge Muñoz was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Barack Obama.
The New York Coffee Festival, New York City’s flagship coffee event, is thrilled to announce a series of additional vendors for this year’s event. Among these newly confirmed participants are Mahlkonig TimTams ,Joe Coffee Company Sail Away Coffee, and more. The festival will take place this October 13-15 2017. in its new home at the Metropolitan Pavilion(125 West 19th Street). With many participating vendors.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017, the American Red Cross in Greater New York hosted its 2017 American Red Cross Gala: Heroes Among Us at the American Museum of Natural History.
Wells Fargo will received the Corporate Leadership Award for their long-standing commitment to the Red Cross through financial donations and volunteering. Ronald S. Lauder and Family and Leonard A. Lauder and Family will receive the American Red Cross Humanitarian Award for their on-going commitment to humanitarian relief and support of the most recent Red Cross Hurricane recovery efforts.
The American Red Cross National Hero Award was presented to Dr. Annie Sparrow, Critical Care Pediatrician and Public Health Expert; Dr. Zaher Sahloul, Critical Care Physician and Founder of the American Relief Coalition for Syria; and Dr. Mohamad Bader Eddin Aljarah, Director of Health for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. The three doctors were recognized for their courage and commitment to providing medical relief and alleviating human suffering in war-torn regions.
The American Red Cross Local Hero Award was presented to Staten Island resident, Delroy Lewis for saving the lives of two young children and their neighbors by pulling them out of a burning building.
Hear John Osborn Chairman of The American Red Cross NY Chapter , Speaking about the Organization and his involvement with it.
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The Queens Economic Development Corporation and the Queens
Tourism Council are proud to announce that the borough’s premiere food-and-networking event
— Queens Taste 2016 — will take place at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows
Corona Park on Tuesday, May 3, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
The reasons to attend this 14th annual extravaganza are as many as the ethnicities in the world’s
most diverse borough. Foodies can expect everything from creamy to crunchy, fiery to flaky, and
savory to sweet. For example, Flushing’s Mulan will prepare Modern Chinese cuisine, while
Joe’s Crab Shack in Elmhurst will serve seafood, and Rego Park’s Marani will offer kosher
delectables with a Georgian (Russian) flare. Latin participants include Sabor de Cuba in Astoria,
while the Nest in Richmond Hill will dish out Trinidadian/Guyanese treats, and Shake Shack,
which just opened a branch at Queens Center, will share its famous hamburgers.
Plus, clients of the Entrepreneur Space, a food-and-business incubator that QEDC operates in
Long Island City, will give away samples of their artisan specialties. Then there are the drinks.
The Wine Store of Forest Hills headlines a beverage group that includes locally made Queens
Courage gin and caffeinated products from Coffeed. For sweets, Sabatino Store will offer truffles
and the Paleo Factory will give out a dairy-free, gluten-free, date-sweetened chilled mouse.
Finally, there’s the networking. Most of the 700 expected attendees either live in Queens or do
business in the borough (or both). So Queens Taste 2016 provides the perfect scene to meet likeminded
individuals, talk shop, and exchange business cards in a friendly atmosphere.
World Liberty TV,Team was on hand to taste the food and cuisine around the world right here in Queens , my own back yard, see the movers and shakers of this Business right here in our World Liberty TV, Food & Wine Channels.
Located in the media capital of the world, The New York Produce Show and Conference serves the interests of the trade by running a substantial media outreach program. The program has various aspects. One element serves financial journalists interested in the business of produce. Another aspect serves journalists with culinary, shopping or homemaking interests. A final element is an outreach to consumer influencers of non-traditional types, such as those who blog, tweet or maintain Facebook presences speaking about food, restaurants and how people should eat.
The umbrella under which these media/consumer influencer programs function is called “Connect with Fresh.”
At the center of the program is a Media Luncheon. In the past we have had keynote speakers such as Florence Fabricant, Sara Moulton, Maricel Presilla. This year, we are honored to host the noted author, John Mariani. By a fortuitous circumstance, pundit sister publication PRODUCE BUSINESS has a Contributing Editor — and noted author himself — by the name of Paul Frumkin. Paul is a CIA-trained chef and has known John for many years and so we asked him to fill us in about Mr. Mariani and talk to him about his take on today’s New York food scene:
For the past 35 years, author and journalist John Mariani has traveled the world writing about food, wine, restaurants and culture. A columnist for Esquire magazine and Bloomberg News, Mariani has covered everything from the rise of nouvelle and American cuisines to the best pizza in Naples, the best barbecue in Texas and just about everything else that impacts restaurants. Over the last three decades he has been responsible for selecting the Best New Restaurants of the Year for Esquire, and for the past five years, he has written a wine column for Bloomberg News. He also publishes a weekly blog, Mariani’s Virtual Gourmet Newsletter.
Called “the most influential food-wine critic in the popular press” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Mariani began his writing career in 1973 with an article that appeared in New York magazine.
Two fantastic sponsor companies, Frieda’s and Davik, were in attendance and making presentations and John Mariani Author and Journalist was the keynote Luncheon Speaker.
