Inspired by Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, Jose Andres and his culinary team have created a special menu of signature catalan dishes for the Garden Cafe. The Garden Café Catalonia menu is presented in partnership with Restaurant Associates and Executive Chef David Rogers at the National Gallery of Art and will be available May 1 through September 30th. For more information please click here
Did you know Oyster Ice Cream was Mark Twain’s favorite dish? Click here to learn more about this old American classic along with other creative dishes José Andrés has cooked up for his latest project, America Eats Tavern, a collaboration with the National Archives.

Watch as America´s favorite Spanish chef discusses the innovative uses of gelatin in modern cuisine to create dishes such as shark fin soup without the shark as part of a special segment on on JELLO on CSB News Sunday Morning. Click here to watch the video.

Check out the Wall Street Journal’s profile of José Andrés for an inside look at a day in the life of America´s favorite Spanish Chef
Following the success of 13 US based restaurants ranging from Spanish, Mexican, Chinese, Greek, and American concepts, Chef José Andrés has partnered with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C to open a restaurant at their ultra-luxury property, Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve set to open in December 2012. José Andrés and his ThinkFoodGroup are sure to make this restaurant an unforgettable destination. Read more about Dorado Beach at www.doradobeach.com.

As part of his new role as the culinary ambassador of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, Chef José Andrés discusses “How clean cooking technologies can change the world” at the Social Good Summit in New York City on September 21, 2011 joining other renowned leaders, activists, and thinkers . Watch the informative discussion online. Following this exciting presentation, José takes the stage the following day at the closing ceremony of the Clinton Global Initiative to give the first year´s progress report of the Alliance. Watch his remarks to learn more about the exciting progress being made.

José Andrés was featured on the cover of the June issue of Wine Spectator. Check out the story to read about all things José including the latest on his restaurants, advocacy work, and new projects.
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, led by the United Nations Foundation and the US State Department names Chef José Andrés Culinary Ambassador of the campaign which aims to create awareness of toxic smoke emitted by traditional cookstoves used in developing countries. Read more about his meeting with Secretary Clinton as they discuss his new role as culinary ambassador.

Chef José Andrés welcomes longtime friend, mentor and culinary legend Ferran Adrià to Washington for an exclusive and intimate discussion at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium on September 29th. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. Click to read The Washington Post´s announcement of this rare and exciting event.
José Andrés returns to the Kojo Nnamdi Show tomorrow, Wednesday, May 18th, at noon. He’ll be talking about winning the James Beard for Outstanding Chef, updating listeners on World Central Kitchen and talking about his newest project America Eats Tavern. The Kojo Nnamdi Show airs in Washington metro area on WAMU 88.5 FM from 12-2 pm. You can also listen online at the www.thekojonnamdishow.org