JODY WILLIAMS is the chef and owner of the much-acclaimed Buvette in the West Village and co-chef/owner with Rita Sodi of Via Carota, an Italian gastroteca the couple opened in 2014, and Commerce Inn, a shaker inspired West Village tavern and cookery opened in 2022. Williams is also the author of Buvette: The Pleasure of Good Food. RITA SODI is chef and owner of the ever-popular I Sodi and co-chef/owner with Jody Williams of Via Carota, the gastroteca that is inspired by her seventeeth-century country house in the hills near Florence, and Commerce Inn.