Jody Adams Jody Adams Award-winning chef Jody Adams, sole owner of Boston's Rialto restaurant, discovered the joys of Italian food as a young Brown graduate traveling through Europe. "In Italy I learned that simple recipes with fresh ingredients are all you need to take a meal to its ultimate flavor peak," says Adams, who worked her way through the ranks of Boston’s finest restaurants before opening Rialto 12 years ago. Adams, whose cookbook In the Hands of a Chef: Cooking with Jody Adams of Rialto Restaurant, was published in 2002, also works outside the kitchen with non-profits that support hunger relief and children's needs.