Spanish native José Andrés became one of the most celebrated chefs in the world, popularizing tapas – small plate dining – in America.
But of late he’s been focusing on comfort food. Comfort food in the truest sense, the kind the nonprofit he founded, World Central Kitchen, makes for people in times of disaster.“Food relief is not just a meal that keeps hunger away.
It’s a plate of hope,” Andrés declares on the WCK website. “It tells you in your darkest hour that someone, somewhere, cares about you.
This is the real meaning of comfort food.”Andrés’ remarkable journey from high-profile chef to humanitarian on a global scale is told in the documentary We Feed People, directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard.
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