In 'The World Central Kitchen Cookbook,' José Andrés collects recipes with impact

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🗓️ 30 December 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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After wars, natural disasters and all kinds of emergencies, the World Central Kitchen — the organization founded by chef José Andrés — flies in to help feed people. A new cookbook now brings forth some of the recipes the nonprofit relies on to comfort and nourish those affected. In today's episode, Andrés speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about the importance of working in community with local restaurants and chefs when serving an area, prioritizing the familiar flavors and cuisine, and making delicious food an essential part of humanitarian aid.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Empire's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Jose Andres, and his World
0:06.9	Central Kitchen, has done yeomen's work, feeding people after various types of emergencies.
0:12.9	And they stuff they serve isn't just like pre-packaged MREs that you add water to. No, no,
0:17.3	they're making like food, food lovingly prepared and, you know, good tasting.
0:22.1	And he talked to here and now, Scott Tong, about adapting recipes in order to be able to make and serve them on the scene after a disaster.
0:29.8	That's after the break.
0:31.6	In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.
0:36.3	Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods.
0:42.9	NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people helping you understand why distant events matter here at home.
0:50.5	Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.6	There are disasters everywhere in the world. You don't need us to tell you that. Continuous needs for shelter and medicine and food. And that is where World Central Kitchen steps in again and again. For more than a decade, it's flown in teams to cook fresh meals in emergencies.
1:12.0	Right now, it's prepping to help in the Middle East, in addition to its current work, feeding earthquake survivors in Morocco and in Afghanistan.
1:20.6	And you know what happens sometimes when food aid comes?
1:23.4	People ask for the recipes, really.
1:25.7	You can find the recipes in the new World Central Kitchen Cookbook.
1:29.4	All sale proceeds go to the organization's work.
1:32.5	And I recently caught up with the founder, Chef Jose Andres, a very busy man who was on the run in D.C.
1:38.5	And I asked him, at what point in a catastrophe, do people actually request his recipes?
1:45.6	Well, I think what's Endra Kitchen in more ways than once has written what emergency
1:52.6	humanitarian aid should be when we're feeding after earthquakes, volcanoes, wars.
1:59.9	Why our food always seems to look so great? Because we partner with the
2:05.0	people that are amazing cooks and restaurant owners in the areas we go. And because we always try
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