

Whitney Otawka, whom some listeners might remember from her stint on Top Chef, just released a new cookbook, The Saltwater Table, based on her exploration and interpretation of the terroir of Georgia’s Cumberland Island. It’s a fascinating read, and Whitney’s story–she grew up as a wannabe archeologist in Southern California, discovered cooking in a first job in a two-person kitchen in Berkeley, and flowered as a chef after moving to Athens, Georgia–is compelling, to say the least.
In our second interview, Andrew visits with husband-and-wife chef-restaurateurs Laura and Sayat Ozyilmaz of San Francisco’s hit restaurant Noosh. They share the story of how they met and how their stories and sensibilities–one’s a lifelong cook, the other a career-changer–complement one another, and how Noosh came to be.