Sharon once cooked for Julia Child & Jacques Pepin
‘I grew up in Rhode Island and we ate lots of lobstah and chowdah and crispy thin Johnnycakes.’
Valentina grew up eating this lasagna every New Year’s Eve
“Colombians’ gastronomic culture nurtured my life throughout my teenage years.”
Starla’s meals are inspired by growing up in Chicago and Honolulu 🌭🍍
“After living in Hawaii, my palette changed completely.”
Lela grew up in her parents’ bagel deli in south Florida 🍊
“My favorite food memory is cracking eggs with my mom and baking bagels with my dad in their restaurant.”
Stephanie is @graceandgarlicfingers – a blogger, personal chef and recipe creator
“I feel so lucky to have found one of my greatest passions in life – (which is cooking!) and building a community around the food that I make.”
Gaoib remembers deep fried ice cream from her Dad’s Chinese restaurant
“I’m Hmong, my parents were born in Laos and my husband is Jewish Moroccan.”
hatewich tries Shmeal
Chris runs @hatewich, a blog for “sandwiches and loathing.” He met up with us in Avondale to try a Shmeal sandwich!