When we launched Stir the Pots in 2005, co-founder Jeremy Shapiro wanted Chef Jean Michel Gammarielo as one of our first interviews. As his radiant smile captures in the photo above, Jean Michel was ever the confident, thoughtful professional, someone for whom Jeremy...
In the spring of 2007, we reached out to Anthony Bourdain for an interview. By then, Bourdain was established as a bright light in the food world. Perpetually curious, a natural raconteur, he loved the universe of food, from the tools and processes that make it...
In one of our first interviews from 2005, we invited Jacques Pepin into our kitchen. Years previously, Stir the Pots co-founder Jeremy Shapiro had worked under Pepin’s mentorship. Here the master chef reflects on decades spent pursuing, enjoying and creating great...
Photo credit : Melissa Rivard Before devoting himself to baking, Andrew Janjigian worked in the biotech industry as an organic chemist. His background was probably great training for the world of baking bread, a...
Photo credit:Joel Blevins of WoodenBarn Media. Sonya Hundal is a baker and writer who specializes in wood-fired goods. Owner of Greenfield Bakers, a small bakery the rural English town of Friskney in the county of Lincolnshire. I met Sonya when we were both part of a...
Pierluigi Mazzella grew up on Italy's island of Ischia, which lies just off the coast of Naples. His father worked as a fisherman. Pierluigi followed a different craft, falling in love with baking. After several apprenticeships in Italy, Pierluigi made his way...
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