MAPP Luncheon and Book Reading with Author Discussion Presented by Toast

February 6th, 2024 12-3pm EST

Bar Volpe

MAPP returned to Boston for a fun luncheon including award-winning Napa wines with so many of our wonderful friends who joined us for the Boston premiere of A Fine Line . To kickoff 2024, we gathered at MAPP Mentor and Chef/Owner Karen Akunowicz's Bar Volpe. Guests heard Karen read excerpts from her new cookbook and discussed with filmmaker and founder of MAPP Joanna James.

Watch the recap video here!

Participating Chefs:

Chef Karen Akunowicz Chef, Owner & Author

Chef Karen Akunowicz is the 2018 James Beard Foundation Award winner for Best Chef: Northeast and the 2020 James Beard Award finalist for Best New Restaurant in America.
Chef Karen is the Chef/Owner of Fox & the Knife Enoteca in South Boston, Bar Volpe Ristorante, and Fox Pasta Company Chef Karen has been touted as “Boston’s Queen of Pasta” and her restaurant Fox & the Knife was called an “Instant Classic” by Food & Wine Magazine and named one of their “Best New Restaurants in America”.
Chef Akunowicz is a well known television personality as a fan favorite on Bravo TV’s Emmy-nominated show “Top Chef” (seasons Season 13 as well as “All-Stars”). She is a rising star on ed in September of 2023 by W.W. Norton.
Chef Karen Akunowicz has not only left an indelible mark on the culinary world with her innovative and flavorful approach to cooking and is now sharing with home cooks everywhere. Her new cookbook, "Crave: Bold Recipes That Make You Want Seconds," has become a sensation, and already named one of the top 20 cookbooks on Amazon for 2023.

The film that started it all, A Fine Line

First premiered at the Boston Globe Docs Film Festival and had the amazing support of the filmmaker's hometown New England friends to share the film's motivational message. Now Joanna is returning with the 501c3 MAPP that became the building blocks from A Fine Line to empower more women into leadership.