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WORK TITLE: Salt & Silver: Travel, Surf, Cook
WORK NOTES: with Johannes Riffelmacher
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BIRTHDATE: 1988
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NATIONALITY: German
http://www.prbythebook.com/johannes-riffelmacher-and-thomas-kowsikowski/ *
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Born 1988, in Nuremberg, Germany.
EDUCATION:Studied cinematography in Hamburg, Germany.
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Author, photographer and producer. Intern, Mamma Team (film production house), Barcelona, Spain. Cofounder, Salt & Silver GmbH and Salt & Silver Mediahouse UG.
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Thomas “Cozy” Kosikowski is a photographer, producer, and cofounder of Salt & Silver GmbH, a restaurant and catering business, and Salt & Silver Mediahouse UG. A Nuremberg, Germany, native, Kosikowski turned an early interest in photography into a career. He studied film in Hamburg, Germany, and then served an internship at the Barcelona, Spain-based Mamma Team production studio. Later he left Mamma Team and began traveling the world with his friend Johannes Riffelmacher, seeking out excellent surfing locations and experiencing local cuisines. “Their desire to work together on a project that included both cooking and travel, and that drew on the specific talents of both friends,” explained a contributor to PR by the Book, “finally led to the ‘Salt & Silver’ project.” Kosikowski and Riffelmacher turned their travel experiences into the “Salt & Silver” companies and publications: the combination travel stories and cookbooks Salt & Silver: Travel, Surf, Cook (published in Germany as Salt & Silver reisen surfen kochen: Latinamerika) and Salt & Silver Mexiko: Tacos, Tequila, Tattoos. The books draw on “Cozy’s” experience and early fascination with photography. Writing about Salt & Silver, a Publishers Weekly reviewer observed: “Kosikowski’s gritty color images give the book a real sense of place; his vision and voice are consistent.”
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Publishers Weekly, May 2, 2016, review of Travel, Surf, Cook, p. 47.
ONLINE
Epoch Times, http://www.theepochtimes.com/ (May 5, 2016), Channaly Philipp, “‘Salt & Silver’ Will Inspire You to Grab Your Surfing Board—and Cooking Knives.”
PR by the Book, http://www.prbythebook.com/ (March 15, 2017), author profile.
Salt & Silver Web site, http://www.saltandsilver.net/ (March 15, 2017), author profile.
Johannes (Jo) Riffelmacher first discovered his passion for cooking as a young child in his parents’ kitchen in Bavaria, where he learned the basics of various culinary cultures from two adept amateur chefs. Besides cooking, his second greatest passion is surfing. Since his early youth he has spent every week he can traveling to surf spots around the world. After graduating from Akademie U5, a school of graphic and communication design in Munich, he set off on a world tour equipped with surfboard, backpack and cooking knives. After seven inspirational months traveling through Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Hong Kong, he returned to Germany, where he began working in graphic design at the renowned Matt/Alster advertising agency, starting as an intern and eventually reaching the level of Senior Art Director. While at Jung von Matt, Riffelmacher received numerous national and international creativity awards and developed ad campaigns for brands such as Mercedes Benz, MTV and Ricola. After four and a half years, he left Jung von Matt to work on the travel, cooking and surfing project “Salt & Silver” together with photographer-cameraman Thomas Kosikowski. Born in Eichstätt, Bavaria, he plans to live on the road.
Thomas (Cozy) Kosikowski has been interested in photography since childhood, thanks in part to his father’s influence, and has been working as a freelance photographer ever since he finished school. His main influences have come from skateboarding, rap, and graffiti. He gradually became interested in moving images, which led him to study cinematography in Hamburg. As an intern at the Mamma Team promotional film production house in Barcelona, he acquired the discipline and conscientiousness necessary for succeeding in the business—and it was also one of the best times in his life.
Cozy’s love of cooking also originated in his youth and has been developing ever since. For many years, Cozy and Jo have been cooking together for friends, family, friends of friends, and anyone else who wants a taste. Their desire to work together on a project that included both cooking and travel, and that drew on the specific talents of both friends, finally led to the “Salt & Silver” project, which for Cozy is a dream come true.
Thomas Kosikowski a.k.a. „Cozy“ is one of the two founding members of Salt & Silver. Before becoming a professional travelling chef, he used to be cameraman and photographer. He also is responsible for the stunning photography and videowork of Salt & Silver. Cozy is a very pragmatic guy, who’s credo is: less blabla, more action.
Thomas Kosikowski was born in 1988 in Nuremberg/Germany. He’s been interested in photography since childhood, thanks in part to his father’s influence, and has been working as a freelance photographer ever since he finished school. His main influences have come from skateboarding, rap, and graffiti, all of which have shaped his style.
Thomas gradually became interested in moving images, which led him to study cinematography in Hamburg. As an intern at the Mamma Team promotional film production house in Barcelona, he acquired the discipline and conscientiousness necessary for succeeding in the business – and it was also one of the best times in his life. His love of cooking also originated in his youth and has been developing ever since. For many years, Thomas and Johannes have been cooking together for friends, family, friends of friends, and anyone else who wants a taste. Their desire to work together on a project that included both cooking and travel and that drew on the specific talents of both friends finally led to the “Salt & Silver” project, which for Thomas is dream come true.
Thomas Kosikowski a.k.a. „Cozy“ is one of the two founding members of Salt & Silver. Before becoming a professional travelling chef, he used to be cameraman and photographer. He also is responsible for the stunning photography and videowork of Salt & Silver. Cozy is a very pragmatic guy, who’s credo is: less blabla, more action.
Travel, Surf, Cook
Publishers Weekly. 263.18 (May 2, 2016): p47.
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Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski. Andrews McMeel, $29.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4494-7121-7
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In a book that's part travelogue, part cookbook, and all outstanding, Riffelmacher and Kosikowski share their ups and downs--close calls with police officers over real and imagined slights, and plenty of shared meals with friends new and old--as they make their way through the crowded street markets of Cuba and Nicaragua. Kosikowski's gritty color images give the book a real sense of place; his vision and voice are consistent whether he's photographing beef tongue tacos, local vendors and fishermen, the Costa Rican jungle, the reptilian inhabitants of Galapagos, or fellow surfers. The book's culinary component allows readers to experience the authors' trip via smell and taste. Recipes cover peasant and street food such as Rooftop Lentil Soup" from Cuba; Mexican street tacos that incorporate everything from beef and lamb to scallops and mushrooms; and Ecuadorian empanadas. More impressive dishes include grilled vegetable teriyaki salad with cilantro sauce and walnuts, and ceviche (THE culinary discovery of our trip"), which merits multiple entries. Skating and surfing reports are provided for each locale, and nomad surfers will appreciate the latitude and longitude coordinates the duo provide for remote locations, salient advice on travel safety (sometimes a few friendly but pointed" Spanish phrases helped dissuade corrupt cops, but play it smart), and recipes for must-have condiments (rum-based ketchup, pesto, salsa verde) as well as surf wax. Riffelmacher and Kosikowski are smart, enthusiastic, and humble hosts on an epic trip that's well worth taking. (Apr.)
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
"Travel, Surf, Cook." Publishers Weekly, 2 May 2016, p. 47. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA452884042&it=r&asid=06fc47815a56a77998b9038da5dceea2. Accessed 26 Jan. 2017.
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‘Salt & Silver’ Will Inspire You to Grab Your Surfing Board—and Cooking Knives
By Channaly Philipp
05
May
2016
“Salt & Silver: Travel, Surf, Cook” captures the stories of two German friends who decided to answer the call of the waves and embark on a culinary surf safari across Central and South America.
The book, by the very tattooed pair Johannes Riffelmacher and Thomas Kosikowski, is part travelogue, part cookbook, and part surf guide. Packing up their surf boards, photo equipment, and cooking knives, the pair flew from Frankfurt, Germany, to Havana, Cuba, where they promptly ran out of cash.
The heart of “Salt & Silver,” and where it is most engaging, is the authors’ interaction with the people they meet along the way. Surfing makes for an almost instant community.
In Havana, they ended up meeting with a community of skaters and surfers whose sporting activities put them at risk of constant confrontations with the police. Swimming and surfing are forbidden at the Malecón (boardwalk), though it has the best tubes in all of Cuba (when waves curl up high, they form a tube that you can surf through). Those acts, and skating on the steps of a communist monument, are infractions that can land one in jail.
Out of cash, authors Thomas Kosikowski (L) and Johannes Riffelmacher catch a free ride in Ecuador. Their mission: finding the next ATM. (Thomas Kosikowski & Johannes Riffelmacher)
Out of cash, authors Thomas Kosikowski (L) and Johannes Riffelmacher catch a free ride in Ecuador. Their mission: finding the next ATM. (Thomas Kosikowski & Johannes Riffelmacher)
Riffelmacher and Kosikowski’s adventurous natures led them to ignore some sensible advice—for example, a warning against traveling through the Mexican state of Michoacán, known for drug cartel violence. But of course, had they been more cautious, their book might not have been as interesting.
There are a number of close calls, none of them fatally dangerous in the end: being stopped at gunpoint by the local militia, an encounter with a tarantula, and more.
The authors take readers along for a culinary exploration, not only of classics like tacos and ceviche (and an incredible variety thereof) but also less known dishes, such as “mariscoco,” an emptied out fresh coconut filled with shrimp, coconut meat, and Clamato juice that serves as a hangover remedy; flambéed blood sausage; and Cajita de Cerdo (literally, pork in a box).
For the most part, the ingredients are easy to procure with perhaps the exception, as they’ll admit, of a dish of grilled piranhas in a sour jungle fruit sauce. But when the Amazon hands you piranhas, what else are you supposed to do?
For those at home, “Salt & Silver” (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $29.99) makes for some exciting armchair traveling and surfing. And if it makes you feel hungry at all, which it should, then you have the recourse of recreating those flavors in your own kitchen.
See the recipe for Grilled Scallops in a White Wine-Worcestershire Sauce (Conchas a la Parilla)
See the recipe for Spiced Mexican Coffee (Café de Olla)
Andrews McMeel Publishing © 2016. All rights reserved. Images excerpted from “Salt & Silver: Travel, Surf, Cook” by Thomas Kosikowski and Johannes Riffelmacher. Used with permission of Andrews McMeel Publishing