Jessamyn Rodriguez's guest appearances

Jessamyn Rodriguez

Special Sauce with Ed Levine

Radio Cherry Bombe

From Scratch with Jessica Harris

Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan

Business of Giving

The Connected Table Live

Saru Jayaraman

Amanda Hesser

Erin Jeanne McDowell

Judith Jones

Danielle Chang

Arianna Huffington

Amanda Cohen

Anita Lo

Angela Garbacz

Nora Pouillon

Ruth Reichl

Florence Fabricant

Dorie Greenspan

Joan Nathan

Lidia Bastianich

OwlTail

Hot Bread Kitchen is an organization that teaches immigrant women to bake artisanal breads from their home country. HBK provides culinary and management training and english classes to these women who have come to New York City from countries including Bangladesh, Mexico, and Morocco, among others. HBK’s breads are available at select grocery stores including Whole Foods and Dean &amp; Deluca, farmer’s markets in the tri-state area, and at restaurants including Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern, and The Modern at the Museum of Modern Art. Prior to HBK, Jessamyn worked in the bakery of Chef Daniel Boulud’s Michelin three star restaurant Daniel, where she was the first women ever hired. Jessamyn speaks with Jessica Harris about how she launched HBK, from scratch. Listen to the interview

<a href="http://www.hotbreadkitchen.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Bread Kitchen</a> is an organization that teaches immigrant women to bake artisanal breads from their home country. HBK provides culinary and management training and english classes to these women who have come to New York City from countries including Bangladesh, Mexico, and Morocco, among others. HBK’s breads are available at select grocery stores including <a href="http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Whole Foods</a> and <a href="http://www.deandeluca.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Dean &amp; Deluca</a>, farmer’s markets in the tri-state area, and at restaurants including Danny Meyer’s <a href="http://www.gramercytavern.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Gramercy Tavern</a>, and <a href="http://www.themodernnyc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Modern</a> at the Museum of Modern Art. Prior to HBK, Jessamyn worked in the bakery of Chef Daniel Boulud’s Michelin three star restaurant <a href="http://danielnyc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel</a>, where she was the first women ever hired. Jessamyn speaks with Jessica Harris about how she launched HBK, from scratch. <a href="https://fromscratchradio.com/audio/JessamynRodriguez-FromScratch-050523.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to the interview</a>

Virginia Willis

Master Baker and social rights advocate, Jessamyn Rodriguez, is Founder/CEO of East Harlem's Hot Bread Kitchen a nonprofit baking enterprise that trains low-income minority women through Bakers in Training. HBK Incubates fosters small food and beverage businesses. She's author of The "Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook." We talk southern food with chef and food Writer Virginia Willis, author of 5 cookbooks: "Bon Appetit Y'All," Basic To Brilliant, Y'all" "Lighten Up Y'all." "Grits," and "Okra,:This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network http://www.talk4media.com/).

Master Baker and social rights advocate, Jessamyn Rodriguez, is Founder/CEO of East Harlem's Hot Bread Kitchen a nonprofit baking enterprise that trains low-income minority women through Bakers in Training. HBK Incubates fosters small food and beverage businesses. She's author of The "Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook." We talk southern food with chef and food Writer Virginia Willis, author of 5 cookbooks: "Bon Appetit Y'All," Basic To Brilliant, Y'all" "Lighten Up Y'all." "Grits," and "Okra,: This show is broadcast live on W4CY Radio – (<a href="http://www.w4cy.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.w4cy.com</a>) part of Talk 4 Radio (<a href="http://www.talk4radio.com/)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.talk4radio.com/)</a> on the Talk 4 Media Network <a href="http://www.talk4media.com/)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.talk4media.com/)</a>.

Jessamyn Rodriguez and Virginia Willis

Mona Eltahawy

Louise Mirrer

Robin on San Bernadino and the aftermath—and on detoxifying from the news. Guests: Mona Eltahawy on sexual revolution in the Muslim world; Louise Mirrer on putting women into history; Jessamyn Rodriguez on Hot Bread Kitchen's empowering women.   Mona Eltahawy:       Louise Mirrer:     Jessamyn Rodriguez:

WMC Live #148: Mona Eltahawy, Louise Mirrer, Jessamyn Rodriguez. (Original Airdate 12/12/2015)

Gail Simmons

This week’s guests: Jessamyn Rodriguez &amp; Gail Simmons.  After devoting herself to a career promoting Human Rights, Jessamyn Rodriguez landed in New York in 2002, earning a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia University, and then had an idea. She would start a baking coalition that would empower immigrant, low-income women by teaching English and business management classes alongside technical baking skills. The now thriving Hot Bread Kitchen makes over $2 million a year in just bread revenue, proving that a social mission with a good product can succeed in today’s market. Heritage Radio Network recently chose Jessamyn as one of our 100 Future Food Leaders for her innovative and inspiring work on the advancement of Human Rights. “New Yorkers are craving authentic stories and foods across cultures.” [10:07] “I was the first woman that had ever been hired in the bakery at Daniel and that was a huge feather in my cap to go out and talk about Hot Bread Kitchen.” [26:45] —Jessamyn Rodriguez on Radio Cherry Bombe     Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer, and dynamic television personality. Since the show’s inception in 2006, she has lent her extensive expertise as a permanent judge on BRAVO’s Emmy-winning series Top Chef. Gail is also the new head critic on Top Chef Duels and was previously host of Top Chef Just Desserts, Bravo’s pastry-focused spin-off of the Top Chef franchise. She is also co-host of The Feed. Part talk show, part food adventure, and part buddy comedy, The Feed airs on FYI, A+E’s new lifestyle network. Gail joined Food &amp; Wine in 2004 and directs special projects for the magazine, acting as liaison between the marketing and editorial teams on magazine events and chef-related initiatives, working closely with the country’s top culinary talent. During her tenure, she has been responsible for overseeing the annual Food &amp; Wine Classic in Aspen, America’s premier culinary event. Prior to Food &amp; Wine, Gail was the special events manager for Chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurant empire. Gail currently lives in New York City with her husband, Jeremy and daughter, Dahlia. “I always say I’m not an American but I’m a New Yorker.” [8:35] “I kept going back to food and I kept cooking, and ultimately decided I wanted to write about food.” [13:45] —Gail Simmons on Radio Cherry Bombe

This week’s guests: Jessamyn Rodriguez &amp; Gail Simmons. After devoting herself to a career promoting Human Rights, Jessamyn Rodriguez landed in New York in 2002, earning a master’s degree in public administration from Columbia University, and then had an idea. She would start a baking coalition that would empower immigrant, low-income women by teaching English and business management classes alongside technical baking skills. The now thriving Hot Bread Kitchen makes over $2 million a year in just bread revenue, proving that a social mission with a good product can succeed in today’s market. Heritage Radio Network recently chose Jessamyn as one of our 100 Future Food Leaders for her innovative and inspiring work on the advancement of Human Rights. <h4>“New Yorkers are craving authentic stories and foods across cultures.” [10:07]</h4> “I was the first woman that had ever been hired in the bakery at Daniel and that was a huge feather in my cap to go out and talk about Hot Bread Kitchen.” [26:45] —Jessamyn Rodriguez on Radio Cherry Bombe Gail Simmons is a trained culinary expert, food writer, and dynamic television personality. Since the show’s inception in 2006, she has lent her extensive expertise as a permanent judge on BRAVO’s Emmy-winning series Top Chef. Gail is also the new head critic on Top Chef Duels and was previously host of Top Chef Just Desserts, Bravo’s pastry-focused spin-off of the Top Chef franchise. She is also co-host of The Feed. Part talk show, part food adventure, and part buddy comedy, The Feed airs on FYI, A+E’s new lifestyle network. Gail joined Food &amp; Wine in 2004 and directs special projects for the magazine, acting as liaison between the marketing and editorial teams on magazine events and chef-related initiatives, working closely with the country’s top culinary talent. During her tenure, she has been responsible for overseeing the annual Food &amp; Wine Classic in Aspen, America’s premier culinary event. Prior to Food &amp; Wine, Gail was the special events manager for Chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurant empire. Gail currently lives in New York City with her husband, Jeremy and daughter, Dahlia. <h4>“I always say I’m not an American but I’m a New Yorker.” [8:35]</h4> “I kept going back to food and I kept cooking, and ultimately decided I wanted to write about food.” [13:45] —Gail Simmons on Radio Cherry Bombe

Jessamyn Rodriguez & Gail Simmons