When Phil Tulkoff says that something isn’t rocket science, he has the experience to back it up.
The 63-year-old spent the first part of his career working in aerospace engineering for NASA and then transitioned into computer consulting. But for the past two decades, Tulkoff has been doing something zestier: running his family’s condiment business, known especially for its horseradish.
Tulkoff Food Products, based in the Holabird industrial area of Baltimore, manufactures condiments under its own name and for other national brands. Tulkoff’s grandparents, Russian immigrants Harry and Lena Tulkoff, started the business as a produce shop almost a century ago.