On today's show we welcome the chef Alex Stupak, owner of Empellon in Midtown, Al Pastor in the E.V. and Taqueria in the W.V. He began his career by washing dishes at age 12 and then attended the Culinary Institute of America on a full scholarship and has worked at...

Empellón's Alex Stupak pulled a remarkable 180 when he transitioned from pastry chef of such landmark modernist restaurants as Alinea and wd-50 to chef-owner of his Empellón Mexican restaurants in New York City. In our first episode, this quick-witted chef takes us through his career, from his formative days in...

On the season premiere of Cooking Issues, Dave and Nastassia are joined in the studio by Paul Adams from Cooks Illustrated magazine, and Chef Lauren Resler of Empellón to talk baby DJs, smash cakes, fondant, butter cream, sheet cakes, raisins, crepes, cumin, grape jelly, and more! Cooking Issues is powered...

On this week's special edition of Snacky Tunes, we present "The Real Cost of Food" panel from South By Southwest. Presented by Darin Bresnitz Greg Bresnitz, co-hosts of Snacky Tunes, and Jack Inslee, executive producer at Heritage Radio Network, with guests Alex Stupak of Empellon and Erik Bruner-Yang of...

A number of long-simmering tensions between chefs and the media recently boiled over following the New York Times bombshell Per Se review. An all-star round-table representing both camps, and several generations, join Jimmy and Andrew to make sense of it all this week: Drew Nieporent, Hanna Raskin, Sam Sifton, Alex...

On today's show, Jacqueline and Ben talk confidence. How do you own it on a first date? In a relationship? Where is the line between confidence and ego? And is "owning yourself" enough? Then they're joined by Lauren Resler, the pastry chef of Empellon restaurant and the mothers to 9-month...

Jordana Rothman is the co-­author of the new book Tacos: Recipes + Provocations with Chef Alex Stupak of New York's Empellón restaurants. She was the food and drink editor of Time Out New York for six years. Rothman is a frequent contributor to print and digital publications such as Food...

This week on a brand new Snacky Tunes, hosts Greg and Darin Bresnitz welcome food writer Jordana Rothman, musical guest Odetta Hartman, and HRN Executive Producer Jack Inslee to the show. Kicking off the episode with Jordana and her recent ventures, she shares that she just finished her first book...