As ordinary Americans have increased their time spent preparing food at home, so, too, have culinary celebrities, who have opened up their personal kitchens on social media.
Around the country, classically trained Jewish chefs are retraining their culinary focus on deli, curing pastrami in-house and making everything in their restaurants from scratch.
Turshen has established herself as an influential force in the highly competitive world of cookbook writing and a committed advocate for social justice.
In both her professional and personal life, Simmons followed the advice she shared in her memoir: “Follow your passion. The world leads you to it in unexpected ways.”