Timothy Caspare, the Chef de Cuisine at the trendy Italian spot Pasquale Jones, hasn’t always been a chef. On today’s show we talk about his time as an English teacher at a rough high school in New Jersey, his retreat to Italy for his formal cooking education, his quick ascent at Eleven Madison Park and his nuggets of wisdom to balance a highly regimented profession with creative flair.

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