Change the Recipe

“Andrés is superbly generous…Lively…and an inspiration to do good in the kitchen and in the world.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“A hearty banquet of comfort food we can all enjoy.” — Reader’s Digest“In this memoir, the Spanish-American chef connects the dots of his dovetailing passions.” — NPR

José Andrés is the New York Times bestselling author of Zaytinya, The World Central Kitchen Cookbook, We Fed an Island, and Vegetables Unleashed. An Emmy award–winning TV host and producer, he was honored as Outstanding Chef and Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, was twice named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025.

Richard Wolffe is a New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning TV producer. He has worked closely with José Andrés for two decades: from op-eds and speeches to books, podcasts, and TV shows. He was executive producer of the National Geographic movie We Feed People and the Discovery series José Andrés and Family in Spain. Change the Recipe is the fourth book they have written together. Wolffe was an MSNBC political analyst for a decade, and previously worked as a White House correspondent at Newsweek and the Financial Times. He wrote three books about President Barack Obama, and writes a regular column for The Guardian focusing on US politics.