Andrew welcomes one of the founders of modern Israeli cuisine, Erez Komarovsky, to New York City, where he recently opened his first US restaurant, Mint Kitchen. The two discuss Komarovsky’s culinary awakening in Tel Aviv, his development in Paris and San Francisco, and his storied, multifaceted career in Israel.
In our second interview, Andrew visits with Nicholas Stefanelli of Washington DC’s Masseria and Officina. They track how Stefanelli migrated from baseball to fashion to cooking, the similarities and differences between the two sides of his heritage (Italian and Greek), food history and its place in contemporary dining, and restaurant management.