Oct 30, 2024
Mel Toledo is the chef and owner of the Foundation Social Eatery in Alpharetta, Georgia. Mel was born in Puerto Rico, but his training in French kitchens made him a bit of a tyrant about how he wanted his kitchen run. He says it took therapy to learn that he’d get a more efficient kitchen if he used encouragement...
Oct 9, 2024
Bob Ryan is executive chef of Little Sparrow and Bar Blanc in Atlanta. Bob started cooking at one of those Taco Bell/KFC combination places, and he worked his way up – REALLY up – to work at the famous Per Se and the French Laundry. He says he loves what he does because he’s an adrenaline junkie. But mostly what...
Oct 2, 2024
Josué Peña, Executive Chef, The Iberian Pig Buckhead in Atlanta, started his culinary career breading mozzarella sticks as a young teen. Even though he had blistered hands from working with so much mozzarella without any knife skills, he was hooked. And now, one of his favorite things is mentoring young people in...
Sep 4, 2024
Jasmine Norton of the Urban Oyster in Baltimore Maryland is the country’s black female owner of an oyster bar. And even though she spends her days with plump oysters, at home, give her a fatty steak. Jasmine Norton, on the Hidden F&B.
Aug 8, 2024
Elizabeth Engelhardt has written a fascinating book about how boarding houses – and their culture – affected our food traditions and even a bit of our gig economy. Plus she talks about a court case in which a boarding house girl had to prove whether she was just a good-time girl or a victim of a scoundrel....