A Taste of Togetherness
JOSÉ ANDRÉS HAS many inspiring quotes, but I’ve always loved this one: “I realized very early the power of food to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places, and I wanted to be a part of that.” Food does something magical to us. It connects people around a table, within a community, or across the planet. Once that connection is made it never leaves. I still remember my mother’s country-style cooking in our kitchen in central Illinois, a baguette sandwich I bought from a street vendor in Italy, and a particularly delicious hot dog roasted on a camping trip to the Grand Canyon with my wife and boys. What better way to broaden our understanding of other people than through food? Few life experiences are as powerful…