TONY ALBANESE

TONY ALBANESE

As native of the Chicago area, I was raised on a melange of culinary influences including southern Italian from my paternal influence, central European on his mom’s side, and Ukrainian cuisine courtesy of my stepfather. Over the course of my career, I have honed my...
WENNIE MO

WENNIE MO

My first lesson about food was that it can be a very important part of a person’s life. I was not more than 10 years old when my father took us all the way to Ipoh, Malaysia, because he wanted to have the best fresh rice noodles in the world. Showing us the city where...
WILLEM DUCKWORTH

WILLEM DUCKWORTH

Raised in the woods of Connecticut, my relationship with food started with my father’s cooking. The meals he created every night for me and my family were inspired by his proud motto: “there is no food that I do not like to eat.” Needless to say, we experienced quite...
WINNIE LIU

WINNIE LIU

Born and raised in San Francisco to Chinese immigrant parents who have strong roots in traditional Taishanese cooking. My earliest memories of cooking involved helping my mom and grandma make “fun guo” dumpling wrappers, pressing dough balls between a tortilla press,...