Chef Karen Akunowicz's cookbook gives you what you 'crave'

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Many know chef Karen Akunowicz from her appearances on Food Network’s cooking competitions, including the wildly popular “Tournament of Champions.” But that’s just scratching the surface of the young chef’s already distinguished career.

She’s a 2018 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef in the Northeast, chef-owner of two lauded restaurants, Fox & the Knife and Bar Volpe Ristorante E Pastificio in Boston.

She’s also the author of a cookbook, “Crave,” whose recipes, she writes, speak to those “spicy sour, salty-sweet-crunchy, cold and creamy cravings that are burned into our brain.” She joins host Robin Young to talk about her recipes and more.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.