When it comes to offering vitally needed assistance when a disaster strikes chefs and restaurateurs are aways in the forefront of providing meaningful assistance. The devastating fires this week in Pacific Palisades and Pasadena / Altadena are the most recent examples. Chef Andrew explains what’s being done. Personally he’s functioning as an OC hub for product donations going up to L.A. and preparing meals for the L.A. Dream Center Foundation and, initially, Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen.

Andrew Gruel’s Family Cookbook (newly published) is also available with signed copies at his Calico Fish House on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach.