On Friday evening, Otto Othman and his Pincho partners Nedal Ahmad, Nizar Ahmad, and Adrian Sanchez will participate in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash.
On May 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) performed an abrupt about-face on its mask guidance, recommending that people who are fully vaccinated could stop wearing facemasks under most circumstances. The update, titled, Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People, stated that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.
Suddenly, per the CDC, it was entirely up to local businesses to choose whether to require that their clientele wear masks.
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Most recently, WCK has worked to feed people who were left without jobs during COVID, with an emphasis on the culinary community. Last year, before it even opened, Red Rooster Overtown partnered with WCK and Food Rescue US to serve meals to Miamians during the pandemic.
The chef and humanitarian will appear virtually tonight (Monday, May 17) at the Broward College Speaker Series. The topic, Changing the World Through the Power of Food will address how everyone can help end hunger by starting with a simple gesture.
In the meantime,
New Times checked in with Andrés, hoping to pick up some hints as to how Miamians can help feed their neighbors.