CHEFS

Heena Patel of Besharam in San Francisco, CA makes Maska Paneer, a classic Gujarati dish.

Ayesha Nurdjaja, Executive Chef & Partner of Shuka and Shukette in NYC, makes eggplant and tomato shakshuka in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen.

Fabian Von Hauske of Wildair & Contra in NYC is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen making Crème Brûlée Donuts.

Eden Egziabher of Makina Cafe in NYC is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen making Doro Wat, a spicy Ethiopian chicken stew.

Jae Lee, chef of Nowon in NYC, is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen making Korean Corn Cheese.

MUNCHIES visited French pastry chef Dominique Ansel’s workshop in NYC to make decadent cheese-filled gougères: crunchy, savory puff pastries stuffed with melted cheese.

Tracy Obolsky, pastry chef and owner of Rockaway Beach Bakery in Far Rockaway, NY is making a surprisingly convenient grab-and-go meal: quiche lorraine.

Gregory Gourdet is in the Munchies Test Kitchen making a Haitian spiced pineapple upside down cake that’s sticky, sweet, totally vegan, and gluten free.

Chef Tami Treadwell of Harlem Seafood Soul is in the Munchies Test Kitchen making her famous mac and cheese bites – just don’t call them “balls.”

Darwin Castillo, head baker at Breads Bakery, is in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen making Challah.

Nora Allen, head baker of Mel the Bakery in NYC, is in the Munchies Test Kitchen making sourdough, the bread that became a popular sanity saver during lockdown.

Eunjo Park, head chef of Momofuku’s Ssäm Bar in NYC, makes gimbap – a humble Korean dish of rolled cooked rice and toasted seaweed that can be made however you like it.