Chef Daisy Martinez’s new website celebrates emotional bonds to meals
Brooklyn’s Chef Daisy Martinez this week launched a new website and web series that celebrates the emotional, personal connection that we all have with food.
The website, and the weekly show, reflect a trend towards reaching people through social media. Whereas 10 to 15 years ago, television networks such as Public Broadcasting System were starting to air local chefs’ programs more widely across the U.S., these programs can be accessed instantly worldwide through the Internet, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube.
Martinez, who was born in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg section to mainland Puerto Rican parents, blends her love for home, heritage and food. She has already enjoyed a successful culinary career. The bilingual chef attended the French Culinary Institute, was a prep-kitchen chef for her long-time mentor, chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich, worked as a private chef in New York City, owned a small boutique catering business called The Passionate Palate, starred in PBS’s Daisy Cooks! and FoodTV’s Viva Daisy!, and wrote three global-best-selling cookbooks.