The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook is Yahoo Food’s Cookbook of the Year! Yahoo says: “when a cookbook combines appealing, accessible recipes, compelling personal narrative, and a powerful — not to mention timely — social mission, there really is no contest. In fact, the Yahoo Food team was unanimous when it came to choosing our cookbook of […]
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Farewell to Outgoing Board Chair Joanne Wilson
On December 1st, board members and their friends gathered at La Marqueta to toast outgoing board chair and Hot Bread Kitchen champion Joanne Wilson. Below is an excerpt from Jessamyn’s toast and some reflections on leadership and the critical role that a board chair can play. A Toast to Joanne, from Jessamyn In 2008, I […]
Sephardic Challah Featured in The New York Times
The New York Times featured the lesser-known challah traditions of the Middle East and North Africa, including our Sephardic challah, a unique, eggless bread that’s peppered with cumin and caraway. The Sephardic challah is available seasonally (for Rosh Hashanah and Hanukkah), for purchase online, at Hot Bread Almacen (1590 Park Avenue) or our Greenmarket locations from […]
Meet the Baker: Irlanda
In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we’re sharing Irlanda’s story, a 2015 graduate whose training was made possible thanks to a scholarship. Find out more about the many ways you can support Hot Bread Kitchen and help women follow their passion to launch new careers as bakers and entrepreneurs here. In 2013, Irlanda moved to New […]
Cookbook Signings
Jessamyn will be signing cookbooks and sampling vegetarian tamales (a recipe from the book) at Whole Foods Market locations around the city this holiday season. In addition to the above dates, she’ll be stopping by Whole Foods Market in Princeton, NJ on December 20th from 12-2pm. She’s signing books and sampling stollen (the perfect gift duo) […]
Pre-Order Tamales for the Holidays
Fragrant tamales are a Christmas Eve tradition in Mexico. Olga Luna, a graduate of the Bakers in Training program, learned how to make tamales with all sorts of fillings – sweet, meat, and cheese – from her mother, and now she makes them for her family (her son eats nine at a time!). She shared […]