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Chef Kristen Kish

Slow-Cooked Red Wine Beef Brisket

with Creamy Mash & Garlic-Oregano Bean Salad

“It’s a taste of home—slow-cooked, feel-good flavors that are ready in minutes, not hours, thanks to Freshly.”

A taste of home

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About chef Kristen Kish

Born in Korea and adopted by her family in Michigan, Kristen Kish blends her Korean roots with French and Italian culinary know-how, and the feel-good familiarity of nostalgic dishes from her Midwestern upbringing. It’s a winning formula that’s refined yet refreshingly unfussy—much less about overt showiness and more about the heart. In short, food that makes you feel full, loved, and nourished. 

Today, Kristen balances her role as executive chef and partner at Austin’s Arlo Grey with cookbook writing and a steady stream of TV appearances, including hosting duties on truTV’s Fast Foodies, sparked by her triumphant run on season 10 of Top Chef.

“At Arlo Grey, we always make it a point to share food. It’s how we show that we care. We need to fuel ourselves with food, obviously! But we also need to feel joy—and food is love and love is joy.”

Sunday dinner, reimagined

For Kristen, Food isn’t simply about eating. It’s a way to connect, remember, and reimagine. Case in point: her dish for Freshly, where the family tradition of Sunday dinner finds a fresh, new interpretation. Think: red miso in her red wine sauce, which adds richness and a salty, umami quality without the need for excess butter. Or, a remix of a staple three-bean salad, which retains the tangy punch of the canned favorite, with an update of vibrant Romano beans, oven-roasted mushrooms, and toasted garlic-oregano vinaigrette.
The James Beard Good Food for Good Foundation

Nourishing the elderly with Heart of Dinner

In partnership with chef Kristen, Freshly is proud to support the work of Heart of Dinner—a NYC-based non-profit established at the onset of COVID-19 to fight the rising tide of pandemic racism, isolation, and food insecurity affecting the elderly Asian American community.
Photo credit: Alex Lau.