This week I am joined by Duane Rider from Engine House 25 Wines and Chef Claudy Pierre from Eminent Hospitality and the EAT Initiative. We enjoy drinking the "Best Wine in the House" talking about how Chef Claudy helped the community during the pandemic. We then learn how Duane got into the wine business, how Kelly Fry saved the Roberto Clemente Mu…

This week we have a fun visit with Kara Haspel Lind from Kara's Cupcakes and Bar Lucia in San Francisco and Napa Valley. Kara and I went to High School together and she happened to be visiting her family here in Pittsburgh. So we spent an afternoon on my patio drinking wine talking about her mission of "Creating Celebratory Moments" through sweets …

This week for episode 2 we are joined by Chad Townsend from Millie's Homemade Ice Cream. We learn about Chad's road from being fired from his first job, through learning culinary skills in France, to finally starting up the highly successful ice cream company we know today. We talk about how he and his wife Lauren started up by maxing out a credit …

On our first episode, we chat with Don Mahaney from Scratch and Co. We talk with Don about how he pivoted during the pandemic, changing dramatically into a whole new business model. We also learn about his love of karaoke, playing chess with his son, and his passion about local food production. It's a great conversation starting from his first job …

Welcome to AfterShift! Each week we will be chatting with the food leaders in the Pittsburgh area that make our City great. It could be a chef, owner, bartender, farmer, anyone that has an impact on the food scene. It won't always be local, we will be on the road occasionally talking with folks that make the entire food system thrive. We'll be meet…