One Woman Kitchen

Here’s a trendy food concept that people are eating—and drinking —up.  Cake and cocktails.  And it doesn't stop there. Meet Allison Kave - Queen of baked goods and booze, Co-owner of Butter and Scotch, a hit Brooklyn eatery that’s all rage for activists and feminists alike, prize winning pie designer and maker, author of  First Prize Pies and cowriter of the Butter and Scotch Cookbook. She joins author and chef Rozanne Gold to share why the artistry of her food and drink shouldn’t surprise you (given to other titles she’s claimed: art historian and gallerist), creating a business model combining feminism, activism and community building with great food and warm hospitality, and her recipe for what might be the most remarkable pie crust ever made.

You could have never predicted that a journey that started in a family business of  waffles and comfort food would end up in a world of high end food and dining.

But that’s exactly where Nuhma Tuazon is. This Philippine-born chef, who is French-trained  by top masters, created and owns a prestigious, boutique, NY catering company NUHMA NY—and has become on of NY’s highly respected caterers (both on the ground — and in the air). She’s an entrepreneur who’s entirely self made, and who comes from a joyful family wherein everyone was involved with food. Nuhma share her story and a legacy recipe with author and chef Rozanne Gold, and prepares an incredible dessert that seems as if it sits on a cloud.

Food isn’t just something to eat. Turns out it’s also — something to read.

That’s why Valerie Stivers, Writer and Columnist for the very respected publication The Paris Review with a popular column called "Eat your Words" — which approaches classic literature through its food——is able to cook up so many recipes drawn from the works of myriad writers. Valerie shares her story and insights with author and chef Rozanne Gold.

In this episode:

• A rare kind of conversation on using food as a lens to reading a classic literature in a new way.

We know at least one thing about Rashmi Uday Singh — she had looked at food at least 39 different ways. In a addition to a career spanning from working for India's  "IRS" to producing health advocacy media to her role as an international food critic and TV star — she’s also written 39 books about food!  She’s even a recipient of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award! Rashmi shares her remarkable journey and insights with author and chef Rozanne Gold 

In this episode:

• Her Knighthood from the French Government thanks to one of her most successful book

Barbara Sibley is one of earliest authorities and advocates for authentic regional Mexican food in America, and collector of traditional, rare and ancient Mexican recipes. She’s also the owner of the wildly popular New York City restaurant La Palapa, along with an accompanying taqueria, and a consultant on another; the author of a cookbook on Mexican small plates, an artist and poet, and an executive chef for one of the most important women’s fundraising events in New York. And all of this might have started with her earliest roots in Mexico City, when she created her very first recipe -- at just six years old. Barbara shares her inspiring story with author and chef Rozanne Gold.

Anita Lo isn’t just one of most acclaimed women chefs in America  — from competing on Top Chef Masters, to winning Iron Chef America, to cooking In The White House for the Chinese President and The Obama’s, and even maintaining her restaurant’s Michelin star for a whopping nine years! She’s also one of the most modest. Anita joins chef and author Rozanne Gold to talk cooking, restauranting, and Anita's books.

In this episode:

• How love of literature and French morphed into a world of resturant kitchens for Anita

It was special getting to talk with Julia Turshen. And not just because, for her, food is mostly about connection—and poetry.

This celebrated and best-selling cookbook author knew what she wanted to do from a very young age, and that certainty has led her such recognitions as being named on of the 100 greatest home cooks of all time. Julia joins chef and author Rozanne Gold.

In this episode:

• Simple food can create a connection point between communities

Photo credit Neal Santos

Here’s something that we should all be thinking about - being one’s authentic self. One's interaction could make every difference and even open a new opportunity.

A former Maitre D' or "anchor" at the iconic Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City,  Taylor Delk joins chef and author Rozanne Gold to share the unusual story of how they met and discuss perseverance and being determined, passionate dedication and working hard in the food business, how parents can each impact you differently, and the idea of embodying the concept of hospitality.

Naz Riahi, founder of Bitten, has created a conversation around innovation and food, and is the author of the upcoming memoir "Bad at Love." An immigrant from Tehran, she has created a platform for influencers within the food world. Naz joins chef and author Rozanne Gold to talk about emerging food trends and tech, about what it's like to leave your homeland, the past and future of women in the industry and the whether the sisterhood is all it is cracked up to be, the emerging food scene in the U.S. of Persian food, how food drives compelling memories, and why McDonalds can be a metaphor for the feeling of safety and comfort.