COVID-19 pandemic, she started a bakery out of her home kitchen in Queens and made lemon-blueberry scones. The pastry purveyor was part of a flurry of New Yorkers who spent lockdown cooking in their residences — some of whom have emerged from the pandemic with successful food businesses.
Now, as the Big Apple reopens, here’s how these entrepreneurs are continuing to provide quality nourishment, as well as much-needed hope by dedicating sizable portions of their earnings to charity.For Nupur Arora, feeding her fellow Rego Park residents healthy Indian fare during the pandemic helped her survive the ills of the outbreak. “Making people happy through food gave me the will to carry on through these difficult times,” Arora, 48, told The PostA.