This is an interview Stir the Pots did in 2006, not long after we started out. At the time, Brad Farmerie was making a name as the force guiding the food at the terrific New York City restaurant Public. Now years later, Brad is working in London, helping lead one of...
Dan Lepard’s book, The Handmade Loaf, has been seminal in guiding me on everything from sour dough fermentation to shaping and baking all sorts of breads. Early when we launched Stir the Pots, I invited him for an interview. Dan was kind enough to oblige us....
Instead of burgers, why not offer kofta kebab for “staff meal?” Sometimes a bit of extra flare or puffy pita can pop the pleasure yearnings for a hungry staff. Kofta is a higher quality street food. Topped by a salad of fresh chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes...
Just purchased the new Brod & Taylor Home for sourdough which is to maintain your schedule and temperature for your sourdough. First efforts were tricky and the dough or maybe sourdough didn’t quite get the difference of how I used to maintain my starter in...
Celebrating my recent birthday on a Saturday afternoon, my wife brought me to one of the places where I started my career, the “members’ only dining room ” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. I had been back a few years ago at The Modern, the...
