Hochul packs Thanksgiving turkeys at Javits Center
BY DEAN MOSES
Governor Kathy Hochul
joined the National
Guard Monday, Nov. 22,
to help pack turkeys, but during
a press conference at the event,
reporters bombarded her with
questions on next year’s election
and her affi liation with former
Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The Governor arrived at the
Jacob Javits Center just after 9
a.m. to oversee and help pack
hundreds of turkeys set to be distributed
to New York families in
need. She found men and women
of the military fi lling the entertainment
mecca’s expansive halls
and heaving boxes of refrigerated
poultry into the back of multiple
trucks.
Hochul thanked those helping
to feed the hungry before joining
the cause herself.
“We have a lot of work to do,
my friends. It is the holiday season
and there are a lot of families who
are going to be hurting this year.
They were in trouble; some of
Governor Kathy Hochul was happy to help families in need.
them before the pandemic, but
the pandemic has been particularly
brutal for so many individuals
and communities that have not
recovered yet. So we are here to
help. We are here to show them
what New York State love is all
about and we are going to get to
PHOTO BY DEAN MOSES
work right away because there are
families waiting for this,” Hochul
said.
Hochul spent time with the
service members, standing alongside
them stuffi ng the meals into
bags and shaking hands. Working
in tandem, several vehicles were
swiftly jam-packed.
After concluding her packing
duties, the Governor spoke to
reporters regarding her support
of vaccinated families gathering
for Thanksgiving and with the
frozen foul still on her fi ngertips,
the governor was asked if she was
concerned the public would see
herself and her predecessor as
birds of the same feather. This
comes after fresh reports that
the New York State Assembly
Judiciary Committee found that
former Governor Andrew Cuomo
was likely to have committed
sexual harassment.
“No, it’s a different administration.
I have not had the time to
read the report, I have been here
making sure that we have turkeys
available for families in the State
of New York,” the Governor fi red
back before continuing, “But I did
call for an investigation by the
Assembly.”
Angelina Bakery to open new location in Times Square
BY VILDANA KHAMIDULLINA
Big dreams such as a new 4,000
square foot, two-floor location
come true for Tony Park, the owner
of Angelina Bakery.
Not only will it be a massive new location
open on Dec. 1, but it will also be
located at the boiling spot 1675 Broadway,
right next to Times Square.
“I used to race my skateboard up and
down Broadway and then sit on the corner
of 45th and Broadway and think about how
many burgers I was going to sell one day.
To now own a bakery in the center of the
city, I can say my dreams have come true,”
said Park.
In his bakery named after his daughter
and Italian grandmother, Angelina Bakery
serves Italian and Sicilian pastries with
an Asian twist. Park created a better and
healthier version of bombolone which
includes less sugar and butter instead
includes more water in it and ends up
not different from a classic recipe, in his
bakery bombolone is 600 calories when
in traditional way of cooking it is usually
over 1,000.
The traditional breakfast menu offers
croissants, tarts and a hybrid of a brioche
and a croissant, called Brissant. For lunch
Owner Tony Park and his childhood friend Ciccio Barros.
the bakery presents three different styles of
Italian pizza making – Romana (crunchy
dough), Neapolitan (burnt fi nish) and
Sicilian (crumby breading). And of course
different kinds of pasta, lasagna and
appetizers.
For dessert, guests can try Gelato and
cremolato(a mixture of granita and gelato).
In traditional Italian fl avors such as blood
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANGELINA BAKERY
red orange, amarena (cherry), mandorla
(almond), casata siciliana, watermelon,
fi g, licorice, ricotta and honey.
In addition to those who want to try
something else, Park innovatively created
a Ciao Boba tea. It is a yogurt panna cotta
drink with fruit frappe and yogurt panna
cotta with Pistachio Boba.
And only in the Time Square location
will be also offered a gold luxury dessert
line composed of custom gold cakes, such
as their gold chocolate fortune cookie cake
with matcha ganache and white chocolate
pearls.
“I’m a New Yorker, a Korean and an
Italian. I bring to Angelina Bakery the
memories of my youth in the Vucciria
market of Palermo, the Korean spirit of
fi nding new ways to create food and the
New Yorker mentality that you can make
anything happen in this City,” adds Park.
On the opening weekend as a celebration,
all customers will receive a free Bombolone
upon purchase. Angelina Bakery
has partnered with The Actors Fund to
create a special Broadway Bombolone
featuring their renowned motto, “I Heart
the Arts” in colorful sugar. Available exclusively
at Angelina Bakery’s new Times
Square location starting Nov. 30, all sales
of this special bombolone will be donated
to this renowned organization that supports
working professionals of the theatre
and entertainment community. Joseph
Benincasa, President and CEO of The Actors
Fund called it a ‘sweet treat’, sweet in
all meanings.
To fi nd more details about Angelina
Bakery, please visit www.angelinabakery.
com/
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