Jose Andres

I'm always looking to the future and what will next be on the horizon.

When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I was on vacation in the Cayman Islands.

In Spain, you can go into any tapas bar, and you'll see anchovies all over the menu.

I'm a great believer in poetry out of the classroom, in public places, on subways, trains, on cocktail napkins. I'd rather have my poems on the subway than around the seminar table at an MFA program.

We in the media have been guilty about not doing a better job of making people understand how really simple cooking is. We've made everyone feel like they have to be a chef.

I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.