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

Matt Schkolnick and Jake Aronskind are the founders of the startup Pepper the App. Their app is available on both iPhone and Android phones, and they now boast over 250K users. Pepper the App supports amateur and everyday chefs by allowing people like me to share something as simple as a photo, something I baked, or an intricate recipe with step-by-step instructions. Every chef deserves an audienc...

Matthew Tilden is known for his culinary practice and outside-the-box thinking and baking. His original Bed-Stuy bakery Scratchbread was much acclaimed for serving the local community with sticky buns, flatbreads, and grits. Matthew's latest venture is called 7 Grain Army, and it's based in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 7 Grain Army offers healthy alternatives to typically processed foods....

Every New Yorker knows how great our water is. It's what makes our pizza and bagel products taste so good, isn't it? That's the story we've been told, at least. I've always wondered about this. So I spoke with some of the country's top bread experts to find out the truth. I also reached out to some friends of mine and resident New Yorkers to see what their opinion is. Today, we separate the fact f...

Peter Reinhart is one of the most respected bakers and baking educators in America. Three of his books have won James Beard awards, including Book of the Year for The Bread Baker's Apprentice.  Peter has a new book out called Pizza Quest: My Never-Ending Search for the Perfect Pizza. Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram: @jimserpico Follow Peter Reinhart on Instagram: @pizzaquesting Follow Side Hustle...

Dave Dahl is one of the co-founders of Dave's Killer Bread. Dave grew up a troubled teen and was incarcerated for the first time after burglarizing a house. He served several years in prison for armed robbery. How did he reinvent himself and persevere to become one of the biggest bread producers and distributors in the United States?  Follow Jim Serpico on Instagram: @jimserpico  Follow Dave Dahl...

In 2007, Dan Richer purchased a struggling pizzeria in Maplewood, New Jersey, and transformed it into a fun, lively restaurant lauded for its fresh ingredients and artisanal pizza.  Ten years later, Dan was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef.  Dan's restaurant Razza received a three-star review from the New York Times, and in 2019 it was named the Best Pizza in North Am...

By day, Jim is a successful TV & Film producer. He recently executive-produced FX's Hysterical, now streaming on Hulu. By night, Jim runs Side Hustle Bread, Long Island's biggest residential bread delivery company, with the help of his wife and their 3 kids. Bread For The People was born out of the marriage of Jim's two greatest passions; bread and content creation. Episodes cover everything from...