Chef Lena Ciardullo Of Union Square Cafe And New York Times Cooking Recipe Emoji Line

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Hosted by Kerry Diamond Produced by Catherine Baker and Jenna Sadhu Edited by Jenna Sadhu Music by Tralala, “All Fired Up” Lena Ciardullo is the executive chef at Manhattan’s Union Square Cafe, the much-loved restaurant and cornerstone of Danny Meyer’s legendary Union Square Hospitality Group. Lena has worked for USHG ever since she graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and has had an impressive career. She joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about the road to becoming a chef, translating her dreams about food to the plate, motherhood, and more. In the second half of the show, it’s Camilla Velasquez and Emily Weinstein from The New York Times. Camilla is the General Manager of New York Times Cooking and Emily is the Food and Cooking Editor, and they join Kerry to chat about The New York Times Cooking Emoji Line. Text your fave fruit or veg emoji to 361-COOK-NYT and you will get a free recipe in exchange. Don’t try to outsmart The Times with an ice cream or pizza emoji. (We did that for you. The Times will politely shut you down.) Thank you to OpenTable for supporting today’s show. Learn more about the Cherry Bombe + OpenTable Sit With Us community dinner series here. Radio Cherry Bombe is a production of The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network. Our show is recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center. Subscribe to our newsletter and check out past episodes and transcripts here. More on Lena: Instagram, Union Square Cafe, Union Square Hospitality Group More on NYT Cooking: Instagram, website

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0:00.0	Hi, girls are all fired up.
0:07.0	Hi, everyone, you are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond.
0:21.3	Coming to you from Third Wheel Podcast Studio in Los Angeles, a little change of scenery.
0:26.6	I'm the founder and editor of Cherry Bomb Magazine, and each week I talk to the most interesting
0:31.6	women and culinary creatives in and around the world of food.
0:36.2	We have a two-part episode for you today. First up, I'll be talking
0:39.4	to Lena Chardulo, the executive chef at Union Square Cafe in Manhattan. Union Square Cafe is a
0:45.9	much-loved restaurant and is the cornerstone of Danny Myers' Union Square Hospitality Group. Lena has
0:52.4	worked for the organization ever since she graduated from
0:55.2	the Culinary Institute of America. We talk all about her impressive career, her culinary approach,
1:01.5	motherhood, and more. In the second half of the show, it's Camilla Velasquez and Emily Weinstein
1:07.1	from the New York Times. Camila is the general manager of New York Times cooking,
1:12.0	and Emily is the food and cooking editor. The two join me via Zoom to chat about food at the
1:17.1	Times, as well as the New York Times cooking emoji line, which debuted recently. Text your
1:22.9	favorite fruit or vegetable emoji to 361, cook NYT, that's1, Cook, NYT, and you will get a free recipe in exchange.
1:32.4	As mentioned, I'm in Los Angeles right now, and we had a great dinner Monday night at AOC,
1:37.9	the popular West Hollywood spot owned by Carolyn Stein and Suzanne Goan to L.A. Hospitality Legends.
1:44.0	The dinner was the third event in our Sit With Us series with Open Table. by Carolyn Stein and Suzanne Goen to LA Hospitality Legends.
1:44.6	The dinner was the third event in our Sit With Us series with Open Table.
1:48.8	Thank you so much to everyone who joined us.
1:50.4	It was really a beautiful night of just community and connection and conversation.
1:54.9	And of course, great food and drink.
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