Lior Lev Secarz

      Lior Lev Secarz is a spice blender extraordinaire. We first met at his spice shop, La Boite, during a party during the World Cup Finals. I was immediately intrigued by the alchemy Lior created in his space, a tapestry of color, texture and scents...
Sophie Williams

Sophie Williams

Sophie Williams is a baker who peddles her bicycle and breads to markets, rain and snow! I found her on Instagram, intrigued by her passion for grains. Sophie is busy but she’s taken some time to answer some questions on Stir the Pots and tell the story of Raven...

The Millers From Minnesota

  Word of mouth led me to Darrold and Marty Glanville, the husband and wife team who own and run the Sunrise Flour Mill out of North Branch, Minnesota. Incidentally, it’s also a Unifine Mill, but more on that later.  Anyway, after getting to know them...

Barbara Elisi Caracciolo

  You’re an Italian living in Sweden, tell us about yourself? I left Rome to do medical research in Sweden, but not only. I was also in search of a more peaceful and orderly place to live. Stockholm was, and still is, my dream town. I feel at home here.  How did you...

Jason Osburn

photo by Jeannette Fleury   Detroit native Jason Osburn contacted me the evening I was going to Charcuterie Masters in Flushing, the message was something like this " Meet me, want to talk to you!" At first I thought it was some joke of our...