Jim Serpico: Bread For The People - Sourdough, Pizza & Life

Jim Serpico speaks with Alan Gotay, the Chef/Owner of BabaluNY located in Huntington. Long Island. Jim and Alan speak about everything from owning and operating a restaurant to launching a food truck, Cuban/Puerto Rican cuisine, the key to getting customers coming back, how fast food kitchen experience is helpful, culinary school, making mistakes, scrambling last minute, professional boxing, and m...

Jim Serpico speaks with Josh York, CEO and Founder of Gym Guyz, the revolutionary personal fitness franchise that brings mobile training to your home. They discuss work ethic, discipline, starting a business, who to surround yourself with, taking action, believing in yourself, and more. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebread. Follow Josh on Instagram @joshyorkgg. Becom...

Jim Serpico speaks with Arthur Bovino, the Head of Pizza Content at Ooni Pizza Ovens and author of Buffalo Everything: A Guide to Eating in "Nickel City". They talk about working as a food journalist, going to culinary school, taking a job as a news stringer, the effect water has on pizza's outcome, writing "best pizza" lists, the "pizza belt", Borelli's Pizza of East Meadow, Long Island is an unk...

Jim Serpico speaks with Rebecca Firkser, a Brooklyn-based writer, recipe developer, and food stylist. They talk about developing recipes for cookbooks and websites, being on set for a food photography shoot, Taylor Ham, the world of food media, and the job of a recipe tester. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebread. Follow Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccafirkser and at www...

Jim Serpico speaks with Barry Enderwick. In 2001 Barry joined a little-known startup called Netflix. Over the course of the next 11 years, Barry attained real-world schooling in brand, brand position, marketing, messaging, PR, competition, international expansion, business strategy, and more. Today, he's a consultant living in Silicon Valley, the founder of the social media accounts @sandwichesofh...

Jim Serpico speaks with Chef Ryan McKeown. While some may know him as the villain from Below Deck Down Under, others know him as a beloved Nautical Chef, Pizzaiolo, social media content creator, and cheesesteak enthusiast. Jim and Ryan talk about working on charter boats, working on land, their mutual love for pizza, drug use in the restaurant trade, the mafia, and more. Follow Chef Ryan at @chefr...

Jim Serpico speaks with Rachel Pardoe, also known as @Sourdough_Enzo on all social platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc. They discuss the art of scoring bread, using social media to build your brand, the difference between baking as an influencer vs. mass producing the same product, her most memorable meal, and more! Follow Rachel Pardoe on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok at @sourdo...

Jim Serpico speaks with television writer and Executive Producer Bryan Goluboff about working on the series Law & Order, the state of mentorship in Hollywood, Zoom meetings, developing tv series, staffing a show, working with big stars, living in New York, his favorite meal and more! Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebread. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:...

Jim Serpico speaks with Emily Hyland and Matthew Hyland, Co-Founders of Emmy's Squared Pizza as well as Emily Brooklyn about the journey as restauranteurs and pizza makers, the merits of culinary school, square pizza, Frico crust, poetry, and more. Visit Emily on Instagram at @emilyhyand and Matthew on Instagram at @metthewshyland. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebrea...

Jim Serpico speaks with Adam Force about helping entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams, how and why travel inspires change, why storytelling is an essential aspect of brand building, the trap of not making changes when you should, focusing on what makes money, freezing bread, and more. Adam is the founder of Change Creator. You can get in touch with him at www.changecreator.com. Follow Bread For th...

Jim Serpico speaks with Abby Walla, an award-winning actress, writer, producer, and entrepreneur. She has landed roles in the hit series VEEP as well as Switched At Birth. Abby is also the Co-Founder of CRUSHING IT ON CAMERA, a service that helps entrepreneurs become awesome on camera and grow their businesses. Visit Abby Walla at www.abbywalla.com and CRUSHING IT ON CAMERA at www.crushingitoncame...

Jim Serpico speaks with Jeremy Jacobowitz about his wildly successful Instagram account Brunch Boys, coming up as a filmmaker, working long days on sets, being your own boss, having creative control, and where to eat in LA. Visit Jeremy on Instagram at @jeremyjacobowitz. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebread. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...

Malcolm Reid is the co-founder of How To BBQ Right, one of the most popular blogs in the world regarding everything BBQ. With over 3.5 million subscribers on all socials, Malcolm takes pride in teaching how to cook delicious BBQ at home. In this episode, we discuss the basics of smoking, cover the tricks and tools of the trade, how to cook a Tomahawk steak, smoke up some pork butt, and the merits...

Jim Serpico speaks with Karen Katz, an award-winning television producer credited with changing the face of food TV. Karen spent 13 years producing for Emeril Lagasse. They talk about the evolution of food programming, pitching food shows, how many turkeys it takes to film cooking a turkey on tv, working in Hawaii, and Julia Child. Visit Karen'sblog at The Katz Tales at https:/www.thekatztales.com...

Jim Serpico speaks with Anthony Falco, author of the book Pizza Czar, chef, and full-service restaurant consultant with a focus on pizza. He helps create world-class pizza brands from the ground up by counseling on custom equipment design, sourcing local ingredients, providing expertise on pizza ovens and tools, installation, ventilation, menu development, kitchen design, on-sight training, brand...

Jim Serpico speaks with Jenna Rainey, watercolor artist, mother, designer, author, and self-proclaimed color theory expert. They talk about how to start a business, how to get out of a rut, how a chance discovery of art supplies changed her life, using painting for stress relief and connecting with the present, getting into a flow state, being a visionary versus being an integrator, and more! Jenn...

Jim Serpico speaks with TV/Film Producer Tom Sellitti about Alec Baldwin being charged with the fatal shooting of RUST cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram at @jimserpico and @sidehustlebread. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jim-serpico-bread-for-the-people-sourdough-pizza-lif...

Jim Serpico speaks with Laverne McKinnon, a notable Hollywood Executive, Mentor, and Leadership Coach. They talk about what draws people to Hollywood, life as a television network executive, toxicity, power and control, identity, lying, advocating for yourself, having tough conversations, feeling stuck, grief, rewriting the narrative of your life, and more. Visit Laverne's blog at https://moonshot...

Jim Serpico speaks with Elaine Boddy about the simplicity of sourdough baking, feeding your starter, breaking the rules of sourdough baking, living in Europe, baking with mincemeat, manipulating flour, sandwich bread, and more. Elaine Boddy is the founder of the blog foodbod Sourdough, where she has helped thousands in the online sourdough community bake perfect loaves right in their own kitchens....

TV Writer Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Just Shoot Me) interviews Bread For the People host Jim Serpico to talk about producing for television. They cover topics like how to become a producer, what a producer does, selling an idea, what it's like to represent famous comedians, being resourceful, running a production company, location scouting and more. Be sure to subscribe to Michael Jamin's Sc...

Bob Oswaks is the founder of Bob's Well Bread, based in Los Alamos, CA. Travel Magazine sites the bakery as one of the top 15 amazing bakeries in the U.S. Bob and I worked together when he was President of World Wide Market for Sony Pictures Television and I was under an overall television development deal with them. It's funny how we both ended up in the bread business, 3,000 miles apart. We talk...

Jim Serpico speaks with Patrick Duffy about playing Bobby Ewing on the hit series Dallas, baking sourdough, and the origin of Duffy's Dough, a company specializing in dehydrated sourdough starter which he co-founded with his wife Linda, his 100-year-old starter from Alaska, blowing out his vocal cords, Buddhism, and more. To learn more about Duffy's Dough, visit Duffy's Dough. Follow Jim Serpico o...

Jim Serpico speaks with Kelly Carlin about the point of life, ego, meditation, growing up in George Carlin's shadow, getting laughs, Gary Shandling, Jungian Psychology, the power of mythology, moving in and out of flow, anxiety, and more. Kelly Carlin is a Life Coach and Public Speaker. Follow Bread For the People on Instagram at @jimserpico and on Facebook @jimserpicobreadforhtepepolepod. Become...

Jim Serpico speaks with Adam Force about helping entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams, how and why travel inspires change, why storytelling is an essential aspect of brand building, the trap of not making changes when you should, focusing on what makes money, freezing bread, and more. Adam is the founder of Change Creator. You can get in touch with him at www.changecreator.com . Follow Bread For t...

Jim Serpico speaks with Emily Shildt about writing, opening her first permanent Pop Up Grocer location, the value proposition of Pop Up Grocer, offline shopping experiences, traveling, and dining alone. Emily is the founder of Pop Up Grocer, a traveling grocery store dedicated to discovery. Not only does Pop Up Grocer set up for 30 days at a time in cities around the United States, but Emily is op...