If you try and fail, then at least you can make a course correction -- and that's better than sitting back and trying to decide what to do.
That was a message from chef José Andrés at a talk he gave on Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of atonement, at the synagogue Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. Andrés is known not only for his amazing restaurants but for the charity he started, World Central Kitchen, which brings food who are suffering from a natural disaster, a climate crisis or a human conflict.
Perhaps there was a bit of irony in hearing Andrés talk about feeding the world on a holiday whose hallmark is a 25-hour fast -- part of the day's spiritual work of atoning for past sins and looking ahead to a better new year. But what he said was fully in keeping with the spirit of Yom Kippur.
Andrés shared a story from a mission to Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. He'd cooked up what he thought would be the most delicious black bean dish ever -- only to hear grumbling in the local Creole language. When he asked for a translation, the review was harsh: Haitians did not care for his black bean preparation and prefer a silky paste. Andrés didn't take it personally and reinvented his dish.
Because really, he says, you have to listen to the locals you've come to help -- something that isn't always part of aid efforts in today's global world.
Here's a story about how he's fed Ukrainians as the Russian war has unfolded.
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