Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Cypress is prize-winning restaurant that also runs the Artisan Meat Share. Bob Cook is Chef de Cusine at both. Growing up in the mid-west, his first kitchen job was as a teenager at local golf club in Harbor Springs, Michigan. By...
Chris Struck got my attention the old fashioned way - he posted online. Joking aside, his expertise shows offline as well as on it, working as well blogging as a sommelier. He credits a hybrid French/Southern upbringing in Destin,...
Karin Anderson came to me through her daughter. It's a long story. Basically, my brother, Philippe, was head chef at a resort in Colorado. Karin's daughter trained under Philippe working in his kitchen. They became friends. And then I was introduced to...
I met Egoitz Fernandez (Fagus) at the pop up started by Dan Lepard and Iban Yarra in Donostia (San Sebastian) Spain. My first memory of this handsome Basque was of someone very quiet and intently focused on tending the oven, totally attentive to the craft. Since then...
I met baker Louis Lamour through Facebook's "Universal Bread" page. He has an interesting background, coming to the food world after first spending years in finance. Watching his baking videos, I tried them with great success, and decided to to invite him here to...
Originally from the island of Mauritius, Beesham Soogrim is a vegetarian chef and baker working in Holm, Sweden. We met on a Facebook forum for bakers and have been encouraging each others’ love of breads. I thought it would be nice to learn more about his craft...
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