Profiles — REBECCA FLINT MARX

Laurie Woolever Is Ready to Tell Her Story

After years of assisting Mario Batali and then Anthony Bourdain, Woolever has written a memoir that’s tricky to classify and even harder to put down. Eater, March 2025

Rebecca MarxApril 29, 2025

"I Was Cast as the Exotic Girl–and Then As the Terrorist's Mother": Madhur Jaffrey on Acting, Food, and Race

First she was a movie star, then she taught the West to love Indian cookery. At 85, she looks back on two remarkable careers. The Guardian, May 2019

Rebecca MarxMay 6, 2019madhur jaffrey, cookbooks

The Indomitable Jessica Largey

After a prodigious rise to the peak of the industry, Jessica Largey burned out. Three years later, she’s back with the long-awaited Simone, a restaurant that’s trying to make restaurant culture better, one employee health plan at a time. Eater, November 29, 2018

Rebecca MarxNovember 30, 2018jessica largey, simone

Saru Jayaraman Is Shaking Up the Restaurant Industry—and the Golden Globes

Saru Jayaraman has spent most of her career advocating for the rights of restaurant industry workers. And now she's getting some powerful new allies. The San Francisco Chronicle, March 20, 2018

Rebecca MarxMarch 20, 2018

Kenji López-Alt, the Man Who Conquered Pie Crust With Science

The brains behind the Food Lab is more than just an intrepid recipe tester. He's the food world's Benjamin Franklin, and he's just getting started. Epicurious, June 2017

Rebecca MarxJune 24, 2017j. kenji lopez-alt, the food lab

Teacher, Writer, Thinker, Chef

Trained at Chez Panisse and endorsed by Michael Pollan, Samin Nosrat is synonymous with the Bay Area food scene. Now, with the publication of her first cookbook, she’s about to go national. San Francisco, April 2017.

ProfilesRebecca MarxApril 13, 2017satin nosrat, salt fat acid heat

Tartan's Elisabeth Prueitt, Beyond the Pastry Case

The San Francisco chef wants you to pickle more vegetables, coddle many eggs, and embrace the beauty of barley flour. Taste, April 2017

Rebecca MarxApril 4, 2017

The Agony and Ecstasy of A Mayonnaise Messiah

Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick doesn’t want to dwell on bad press. Instead, he’d prefer to dream of a better tomorrow. San Francisco, December 2016

Juan KarraskillaDecember 1, 2016josh tetrick, hampton creek, vegan

Where Have You Gone, JT LeRoy?

The woman who invented the boy who seduced the literary world a decade ago is still searching for answers. San Francisco, September 2016

Juan KarraskillaSeptember 20, 2016jt leroy, laura albert

White Teeth, Green Thumb

An accidental farmer (who’s also a dentist) exposes diners to the peculiar and the sublime. San Francisco, August 2016

ProfilesJuan KarraskillaAugust 1, 2016peter jacobsen

The Man Who Cooked the World

At his new restaurant inside SFMOMA, Corey Lee brilliantly copies the world’s great chefs. May 2016, San Francisco magazine. San Francisco, May 2016

Juan KarraskillaMay 1, 2016corey lee, benu, in situ

The Tofu Disruptor

Minh Tsai is on a mission to make you think differently about soy. San Francisco, March 2016

ProfilesJuan KarraskillaApril 1, 2016minh tsai, hodo soy, tofu

Our Lady of the Socket Wrench

Carolyn Coquillette has ushered a new age of enlightenment into the dark corners of the garage. December 2015, San Francisco Magazine. San Francisco, December 2015

Juan KarraskillaDecember 1, 2015carolyn coquillette, luscious garage, cars

Silicon Bayou

Thirteen years after he opened Manresa, David Kinch brings bon temps to the land of big data. San Francisco, December 2015

Juan KarraskillaDecember 1, 2015david kinch, the bywater, manresa

Yeah, I’m Sammy Hagar, and I Learned How to cook before I Learned How to Rock

Yeah, I’m Sammy Hagar, and I Learned How to Cook Before I Learned How to Rock. The making of a hair-metal gourmand. San Francisco, August 2015

ProfilesJuan KarraskillaAugust 1, 2015sammy hagar

He Takes the Village

Real estate developer Ben Shaoul has a history of upscale developments, lawsuits, and acrimony. The New York Times, July 2012

Juan KarraskillaJuly 20, 2012ben shaoul, east village, developer, real estate

A Life, Interrupted

Hannah Upp disappeared in late August and was rescued nearly three weeks later off Staten Island. What happened during those weeks remains a mystery, even to her. The New York Times, February 2009

Juan KarraskillaFebruary 21, 2009hannah upp