Scenes From the Final Stew in Bushwick

“Wow, I’m the only one here without a tote bag,” a worried voice could be heard murmuring as the crowd around an otherwise unremarkable corner of Bushwick’s Fermi Playground began to grow, and perhaps thicken, like a stew that had been cooking for months. For the past few months, in fact, the small park across the street of what used to be Archie’s had gained some new distinction as the distribution ground for what Annie Rauwerda has called “a perpetual stew,” which the minor TikTok influencer and writer has been cooking in her apartment for, by this point, at least 60 days.