Pupatella raises almost $4 million to open eight new Neapolitan pizza restaurants, many slated for NoVA. [Washington Business Journal]
Carla Hall is taking okra and sweet potatoes mainstream with her new cookbook, Carla Hall’s Soul Food. [Washington Post]
“…. let’s be honest: American cheese is crap.” [Vox]
A guide to all of the chefs impacted by #MeToo, including local restaurateur Mike Isabella; how Gabrielle Hamilton and Ashley Merriman couldn’t “save” the Spotted Pig; Spotted Pig’s April Bloomfield hasn’t reached out to Ken Friedman’s victims; why are we leaving it up to women to clean up the male mess of #MeToo [Grub Street; The Cut; New York Times; The New Yorker]
Fermentation dorks: Rene Redzepi hosts an AMA. For the tl;dr folks:
Q: “What was the most difficult ingredient you had to deal with?”
Redzepi: “Fermentation wise? Definitely pig’s blood. We tried to ferment it for years, and every time it would smell like death.” [Reddit]
