Mike Solomonov, left, is the executive chef at Zahav and a founding partner of CookNSolo where he has won four James Beard Awards including Best Chef in 2017 and Best Chef-Mid Atlantic in 2011.
Steven Cook, right, is the other founding partner of CookNSolo and the winner of two James Beard Awards including Best International Cookbook and Book of the Year in 2016 for the cookbook he co-authored with Solomonov, “Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking.”