My Dinner with José  Andrés

After trading in his paella pans for borscht bowls in Ukraine, chef José Andrés is opening three new restaurants in downtown’s Conrad Hotel
Joel Stein • Los Angeles Magazine • September 12, 2022
José Andrés is finally, after all his world traveling, on vacation. He’s smoking a cigar in the Spanish beach town of Zahara de los Atunes, doing his version of relaxing, which, judging from the activity going on in the background of our Zoom...
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