Looks Can Be Deceiving: Pastry Chef Mauricio Santelice’s Tattoo
March 15, 2014
Ivy Stark
March 26, 2014
Updated July 27, 2018
Michael Mignano is the Executive Pastry Chef at The Pierre Hotel, and co-Author of The Pastry Chefs Little Black Book. “In the 90s, I used to tag ‘AM’ and ‘ZIF’ on subways, walls, wherever there was space. It was illegal, but it was a big part of hip hop culture in Queens at the time.”
Battman
Alan Batt, better known in the culinary world as simply Battman, began his career as a photographer in 1981 shooting photos of city scenes and landmark sites of New York City. He began taking food photography in 2001, and has since become one of New York City's most recognizable culinary personalities. Battman is often seen riding his bicycle up and down the streets of Manhattan as he travels to and from photo shoots and meetings with the chefs.
