When chemotherapy changed the way food tasted, Ann Ogden Gaffney found comfort in the kitchen. Meet the founder of Cook for Your LIFE.
Turning Up the Tatin: Celebrating Le Creuset’s 100 Years of Culinary Craft at Hearst
At our Hearst store in New York this past month, Sur La Table and Le Creuset came together to celebrate a century of craftsmanship, color and culinary tradition. In honor of Le Creuset’s 100th Anniversary, guests joined us for an exclusive media event, Turn Up the Tatin. This...
Marquee Brands Partners with Apparel Group on First-Ever Sur La Table Store in Dubai, UAE
Marquee Brands, the global brand accelerator and owner of Sur La Table, the trusted culinary authority, is proud to announce the opening of the renowned culinary destination’s first Dubai location, in partnership with Apparel Group, the leading global fashion and lifestyle...
At the Table With: Vanessa Craycraft, Online Resident Chef at Sur La Table
Preferred Name: VanessaPronouns: she / hersFavorite Sur La Table kitchen tool: Ratchet Mill and Fish Spatula ***Growing up in Ecuador, Chef Vanessa Craycraft was surrounded by the smells and sounds of her mother’s cooking. Fresh, whole ingredients and recipes made from scratch,...
At The Table With: Polina Chesnakova and the Importance of Perseverance
Instagram: polina.chesnakovaPronouns: She/HerFavorite Sur La Table Product: “So simple but I love my set of Sur La Table measuring spoons. They were reviewed by Serious Eats for being super precise and as a meticulous recipe tester, I’ve never looked back.” ***When it comes to...
At the Table With: Jody Hall, Activist and Founder of Cupcake Royale
Name: Jody HallPronouns: she/herInstagram: @cupcakeroyaleFavorite Sur La Table tool: I love the basic flexi spatulas/scrapers. I don’t like to waste a drop and these are the perfect tool with a nice bend that is durable and stands the test of time! ***“A little cupcake can go...
At The Table With: Jenn Yee, Trained Pastry Chef with a Taste for Adventure
Name: Jenn YeePreferred Name: JennPronouns: she/herSocial Handle: pastrywithjennFavorite Sur La Table Tool: “The seasonal mini spatula sets with wood handles. They bring such joy when I’m cooking and baking. I own over 20 spatulas of all sizes, but the minis are the ones I grab...
At The Table With: Shambrekia Wise, Sandiya Badmus and Sarina Wagle, the Women Behind “Sightseeing With Sandy”
Name: Shambrekiá Nicole Wise, Sandiya Badmus & Sarina WaglePreferred Name: Sham, Sandy & SarinaPronouns: her/hers/sheFavorite Sur La Table Kitchen Tool: Why do I have to choose?! It’s like a toy store! But I think If I could walk away with anything, it would be the...
At The Table With: Chef Kristi Brown and the Beauty of Human Connection
Name: Chef Kristi Brown Instagram: thatbrowngirlcooks Pronouns: She/Her/They Favorite Sur La Table Kitchen Tool: I love the Ratchet Mill! The simplest of tools, but when I make my favorite spice blends, it grinds it together perfectly! ***Chef Kristi Brown was always meant to...
Sur La Table Dinner Series: An Unforgettable Autumn Feast
The Charter Oak restaurant in St. Helena, California was the elegant setting of a spectacular Sur La Table hosted dinner among 50 friends and fellow diners held the second Saturday in October during the Napa Valley harvest season. The evening marked the first “ Dinner Series”...
At The Table With: Aaron Israel & Sawako Okochi of Shalom Japan
Instagram: @shalomjapannyc Aaron Israel (he/him) & Sawako Okochi (she/her) *** Aaron Israel and Sawako Okochi were at the Brooklyn Public Library doing research, flipping through a paperback guide of New York written in the 1980s. Somewhere in the Lower East...
At The Table With: Reem Assil and the Food That Carries a People Forward
Instagram: @reemassilPronouns: She/Her *** There's a particular kind of place Reem Assil has always been drawn to—not the hushed fine dining room, not the trendy pop-up, but the corner bakery. The kind of spot where the door opens to the smell of fresh bread and the hum of...
At The Table With: Chelcea Dressler-Crowley and Kirsten Dressler Wilson of Messermeister
Chelcea Dressler-Crowley and Kirsten Dressler Wilson grew up in Ojai, California, where their days moved between two worlds: a working orange orchard and their family’s knife business. The orchard was hands-on: mowing between trees, fixing irrigation, feeding animals. The...
At The Table With: Efrem Fesaha, Founder of Boon Boona Coffee
Name: Efrem Fesaha Pronouns: He/Him/His Pronunciation: F-Rum Fi-sa-ha *** Before coffee was a to-go cup or a morning routine, it was a ceremony. For many East African communities, coffee is not simply consumed. It is roasted in front of guests, brewed slowly, poured in small...