Rice and dreams | arroz y Sueños | 米和梦

01/21/2015

Final Meal 2014. Thank you for being a part of it. Also, thank you Danny Hwong for the awesome photos.

01/21/2015

After four years of collaborating and sharing around cooking and eating healthy food to build healthy communities, Rice and Dreams’ core committee has made the decision to close the organization in 2014 and beyond.

Since we formed Rice and Dreams in 2010, we have worked as an all-volunteer organization with our Sunset Park community to cultivate skills and relationships around food as a means to self-careand healing beyond the kitchen table. We worked towards this in a couple different ways: 1) by building strong relationships to the food we eat and prepare, 2) by sharing skills around cooking in new andtraditional ways, and 3) by facilitating meaningful connections between community members.

The decision to close Rice and Dreams is not because of the lack of need in our Sunset Park, Brooklyn community, but because our dedicated core volunteers have flapped their wings and moved on to do great things for food and social justice. We feel this effort deserves a capacity we can no longer deliver. The decision to complete our work as an organization is bittersweet.

On behalf of Rice and Dreams, we humbly thank the many meal participants and volunteers who madeRice and Dreams a place to heal the community from within. We also thank St. Jacobi Church for giving us a home to host the meals.

Please stay tunned to receive more information about amazing groups doing great work in Sunset Park.

06/26/2014

Our first community meal was a big success. The Arroz Relleno was delicious and fed us all. We hosted four Sunset Park based worker cooperatives including: Beyond Care Childcare Cooperative, Golden Steps Elder Care Cooperative, Si Se Puede! Cleaning Cooperative, and Trusty Amigos Pet Care. It gave us a chance to nourish them and creative space for sharing across coop and learning more about each other. Next regular meal is Monday, July 21 where we will plan for our next larger community meal. We are looking for our next group to nourish!

06/19/2014

Sunset Park Farmers Market opens this weekend - we will be there visiting our farmers from Mimomex and others shopping for our feast.

06/19/2014

Rice and Dreams is looking for new Core Members to help sustain some great meal plans this season. We miss you Esther, Chris and May - We feel the ripples of your soaring wings to LA, Peru and Chile here in Brooklyn. Come back soon!

06/19/2014

Rice and Dreams for Life!

06/19/2014

We didn't get our annual grant from the Citizen's Committee of New York this year ;-( but we are strong, determined and going to sustain ourselves. Stay tuned for how you can help!

06/19/2014

06/19/2014

Sat 6/21: Learn to make arroz relleno + Meet your local worker cooperatives

The New York harvest season is here, and so are Rice and Dreams meals. We are experimenting with a new model. In addition to our regular dinners, we are planning a few larger community meals to support and nourish local groups and their members who are doing great work to support our neighborhood.

For our first meal of the season, we will host a dinner for three worker cooperatives based in Sunset Park, and all Rice and Dreams members are invited.

We will be cooking for about 75 people. Come to help prepare the meal and to learn more about how a cooperative works and what these particular cooperatives do. They are women-owned, women-run and working in various ways to take care of families in our neighborhood and beyond.

Make and share a dinner of delicious arroz relleno with members of:
Beyond Care Childcare Cooperative
Golden Steps Elder Care Cooperative
Si Se Puede! Cleaning Cooperative

WHEN:
Saturday, June 21
4-6pm: Meal preparation--Come help, and learn how to make arroz relleno!
6-8pm: Dine, meet your neighbors and learn about three Sunset Park worker cooperatives.

WHERE:
At St. Jacobi Church
5406 4th Ave, between 55th and 56th St

Bring your kids for fun activities with fresh fruits and veggies! Childcare will also be provided.

Contact us with any questions you have at [email protected] or 347-705-7423.

11/08/2013

This MONDAY: It's our last meal of the growing season!

Join us, we'll make a veggie fried rice from fresh produce of the Sunset Park Farmers Market! And celebrate a great year of community and food over a pomegranate apple crisp!

Monday, Nov 11th
6:00pm
St Jacobi Lutheran Church
5406 4th Ave btwn 54th and 55th St.

10/28/2013

Last week Rice and Dreams competed in the annual Just Food SMACKDOWN cooking competition winning second place in Sunset Park. This week we will repeat the winning meal from last year and learn how to make noodles out of eggplant with roasted fall veggies and a peanut sauce! We will also make this year's second place winning apple curried kale slaw.

When: Monday, Oct 28, 6-8pm
Where: St. Jacobi Church, 5406 4th Ave (between 54th and 55th St)
Click here to see our calendars for upcoming meal dates

Thanks to Jess and Chris for representing Rice and Dreams at the SMACKDOWN!