Book excerpt: "Change the Recipe" by Jos Andrs

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.In his new memoir, "Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs" (to be published April 22 by Ecco), chef José Andrés, founder of the humanitarian aid organization World Central Kitchen, offers life lessons and teachable moments about responsibility and commitment to a shared humanity.Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Kelefa Sanneh's interview with José Andrés on "CBS Sunday Morning" April 6!"Change the Recipe" by José Andrés $24 at Amazon Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now.

Try Audible for free Commit to What Matters I had come from a world of higher-end restaurants, of finesse and creativity.So a tapas restaurant was not exactly what I was looking for.

But my new partners in Washington, DC, had a clear idea: they wanted to open a Spanish restaurant that was fun.They called it Jaleo, which means "merrymaking, a joyful celebration," inspired by the John Singer Sargent painting of a Spanish woman dancing to guitars.

It lives in Boston, but it had traveled on loan to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and they had seen it there.They even painted a reproduction of it on a wall of the new restaurant.I understood that sense of joy.

I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like tables.I prefer standing up at bars.

If I can, I like to hop around to five different bars and eat good food at each one.Jaleo was a chance to show how I like to enjoy life.

These little plates of tapas were also a chance to give people more access to different bites of Spanish food, different tastes of the various regions of Spain.Maybe people didn't know what they wanted to eat, and the small plates would be a way to move a little bit further out of their comfort zones.

Of course, it was an opportunity to make a mark for myself.And I could do that whi...