Everyone Hot Pot with Natasha Pickowicz

In celebration of Lunar New Year, CulinaryArts@SPAC welcomes four-time James Beard Award–nominated chef and acclaimed author Natasha Pickowicz for an evening dedicated to the ancient East Asian tradition of hot pot. In conversation with former New York Times Photo Editor for Food and Style Tiina Loite, Pickowicz will introduce her new book Everyone Hot Pot, a vibrant guide to the communal tableside ritual of poaching vegetables, seafood, meats, and tofu in fragrant simmering broth.

Guests will enjoy tastes from the book including Cucumber Peanut Salad, Pea Shoot & Shrimp Dumplings, Scallion Pancakes, Crunchy Seaweed Boats, and cups of hot pot broth, alongside wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages. Pickowicz will also share practical techniques for recreating a hot pot gathering at home, from essential equipment and pantry staples to the cultural history that makes this culinary format so joyful and connective. A book signing will follow.

*All menu items and ingredients are subject to change.

Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase a copy of Everyone Hot Pot: Creating the Ultimate Meal for Gathering and Feasting and have it signed by the author.

Natasha Pickowicz is a California born, New York City-based chef, a four-time James Beard Foundation Award finalist, and the author of More Than Cake, which was named a New York Times Best Cookbook of 2023 as well as a James Beard Foundation finalist in the baking category.

Much of her work explores the relationship between baking and social justice, including ongoing collaborations with seminal New York City institutions like Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, God’s Love We Deliver, the Brigid Alliance, and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, for whom she produced a massive city-wide bake sale, raising more than $200,000 between 2017 and 2024.

Pickowicz’s recipes and writing have been published in the New York Times, Vogue magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Food & Wine, New York magazine, Cherry Bombe, and many other publications. Follow her on Instagram at @natashapickowicz.

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Culinary Arts@SPAC is produced by Culinary Consultants Pam Abrams and Kevin London.