Today we sit down with NYC-based pastry chef, writer, and activist Natasha Pickowicz.  Natasha has ran the pastry programs at some of my most favorite NYC restaurants including Altro Paradiso and Flora Bar. Earlier this spring, she was announced as a Finalist for the 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards for Outstanding Pastry Chef, her third year being nominated in that category. 

What really drew me to Natasha was her activism. Much of Natasha’s pastry work explores the relationship with baking and social justice, including ongoing collaborations with seminal NYC institutions like Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, God's Love We Deliver, and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, for whom she helped produced a massive city-wide bake sale, raising over $150,000 between 2017-2019.

This was a particularly fascinating conversation for me. Since covid hit last spring, I have been chatting with many creatives about navigating the losses within their respective industries. As you all know, I have a passion for food and eating, so I was particularly curious how this past year impacted my foodie friends. Natasha gives us a raw, unfiltered look into the culinary world. She shares how she’d like to see the restaurant industry evolve post covid, and how we can use loss to find opportunity. 

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