Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez is an entrepreneur, social innovator, and advocate for the rights of women and immigrants. Under Jessamyn’s leadership, Hot Bread Kitchen has trained hundreds of women and entrepreneurs for culinary careers, built a vibrant wholesale bakery, and set the stage for national expansion. As of 2019, Jessamyn is the Managing Director of Daily […]
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New York Times: Hot Bread Kitchen’s Jessamyn Rodriguez and Her Moroccan Tagine
The New York Times shared the story of Jessamyn’s most treasured kitchen object: a tagine gifted to her by one of Hot Bread Kitchen’s Moroccan bakers. She pulls it out for special occasions, but more often sits down to family dinners featuring fresh tortillas: the recipe from The Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook is here.
Upworthy on HBK’s partnership with Jet Blue
A month into our Bluebud mentorship with Jet Blue, Upworthy featured the partnership and took a look inside the bakery. “Our partnership with JetBlue is synonymous with our hope to travel beyond our New York roots to prove that our business can impact the livelihood and prosperity of women in many geographies,” Jessamyn told Upworthy. The sky’s the […]
CNN Money: Fighting Inequality with Bread
CNN Money’s Cristina Alesci came to Hot Bread Kitchen to interview Jessamyn and some of our Bakers in Training. Watch the video here.
Spotted on Epicurious
This year, Epicurious has you covered for Cinco de Mayo. Their team got an early start to join us at our Harlem bakery and learn our best tortilla tips and tricks. Follow their slideshow to make your own delicious corn tortillas or snap them up at our Greenmarket locations. Happy eating!
Required Reading: Eater’s 72 Ways Food Can Change the World
Excerpt from Eater’s 72 Ways Food Can Change the World, published September 2014: Too often, food lovers focus on the environmental impact of their meals-they consider carbon footprint, not the aching feet that worked 12 hours in a field to pick a local strawberry or the minimum wage worker that diced that precious berry. But the […]
