STIRRING THE POT: FLORENCE FABRICANT & CHRISTINA TOSI AT GUILD HALL

Stirring the Pot returns for the 15th consecutive year with a series of four insightful and entertaining talks. For this first session, New York Times food & wine writer Florence Fabricant will have a conversation with chef and restaurateur Andrew Carmellini, who has opened a collection of restaurants after making his name at the original Café Boulud. Marc Murphy, a chef and television personality, follows. Then we’ll welcome Christina Tosi, known for her uncommon confections and string of Milk Bars. The final guest will be Pete Wells, who was the chief restaurant critic for The New York Times for 12 years.

Christina Tosi, an award-winning pastry chef and prolific cookbook writer whose iconic creations, notably cereal milk soft-serve, compost cookies and everyday birthday cake, are widely sold at her Milk Bar store and elsewhere. We have another Ohio native here but she now lives in Manhattan with her husband, restaurateur Will Guidera, and their daughter. Her background is diverse, including engineering, and  the food world noticed her once she began working for David Chang’s Momofuku empire in 2005. 

After the program, Christina Tosi will sign copies of her new book, Bake Club, in the lobby. Books will be available for purchase at the program.