A Plate of Hope

by Erin Frankel, Luis Carlos de La Lombana (narrator) & Paola Escobar (illustrator)

Subtitled The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen, this is the biographical story of award-winning chef and restaurateur José Andrés. The book starts with his love of cooking as a young boy in Spain, gathering wood to make the fire to cook the paella just right. There are mouthwatering olive oil, mounds of vegetables and the smell of saffron. And then there is his dream that no one should go hungry, and the founding of World Central Kitchen to bring meals to the frontlines of disasters.