Alon Shaya on Culture and Growth at Slow Food Nations 2019

Published: July 30, 2019, 5:48 p.m.

b'Alon Shaya is the co-founder (along with his wife, Emily) of Pomegranate Hospitality, the restaurant Saba, located in New Orleans, and Denver\\u2019s Safta. He\\u2019s also the Author of Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel. Alon sat down with HRN\\u2019s Kat Johnson to discuss his book, his restaurants, the impact of his mentor and high school home-ec teacher, why leaving the Besh Restaurant Group was really a blessing, and the food that excites him right now. Plus Alon shares some of the things he\\u2019s been cooking at home on the Big Green Egg.'