Michelle Lainez / Los Angeles, CA Mango Chia Breakfast Pudding Blood Orange Fizz Building a Better Food System Growing up in El Salvadoran household, zero waste wasn’t a trend, it was a part of life for Michelle Lainez. Now, as the owner of the Los Angeles catering...
Amber Croom/ Baltimore, MD Banana Drop Beignets Sugar Rush Pastry chef Amber Croom excels under pressure. Croom won the inaugural season of “Chopped Sweets” in 2020. She appeared most recently on Season 2 of “Crime Scene Kitchen” where she and fellow Baltimore pastry...
Heather Fiorentino/ Philadelphia Very Berry Sorbet 160 Years of Culinary Excellence The kitchens of the historic Union League of Philadelphia have prepared dining experiences for U.S. presidents, heads of state and global dignitaries for nearly 160 years. This sets...
Sergei Nicholas Simonov/ San Francisco Sangria Sorbete Spanish Sorbete Sangria goes with Spanish food like summer and sunshine. The red-hot Spanish restaurant Loquita has tall pitchers of Roja and Rojita sangria at the bar and a sangria sorbet for dessert. Executive...
Bodega SF/ San Francisco Mango Calamansi Spritz Carrying the Family Torch The traditional North Vietnamese food at Bodega SF comes with a significant family legacy. Chef Matthew Ho grew up in the family’s bistro, a destination for Vietnamese food in San Francisco...
Dede’s Table/ Los Angeles, California Watermelon PopsiclesKisses Goodbye to SummerThai Eggplant Changing the Planet One Plate at a Time Chef Theresa Farrell, a Los Angeles social media influencer known as Dede’s Table, develops plant-based recipes she calls “a...
