Reviews - We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time

What Jose Andres and his fellow chefs and many volunteers accomplished in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria is nothing short of heroic. He provides a master class in how to provide nutritious, edible food and clean water in disaster areas using local suppliers and ingredients and available local resources to help stimulate the struggling economy. He also holds nothing back in his assessment of the Trump administration and its FEMA dept’s management of the crisis. In the end this book points out the importance and yes the obligation of government to help people in a disaster by having well practiced plans in place for food and water relief before any such disaster occurs. Chef Andres has provided an instructional manual for exactly that in this book.

jmkeefer's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

librarybookfamily's review against another edition

3.0

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. This book details one man’s struggle to battle ineffective policies and feed the hungry. Full of heart warming stories and frustration at an incompetent system this book tells a story that few know. What really happened in Puerto Rico after a category five hurricane.

Good story. Lots of heart. Could do with a little more editing. At times it felt a bit redundant.

unsecuredstation's review against another edition

3.0

Great initiative, inspiring perseverance, and a good model for humanitarian food relief to apply elsewhere.

beckstrordinary's review against another edition

3.0

The story is incredible. The facts and figures are all astonishing. I have never been so moved to anger and fury and rage reading a book, but it also could have been 100-150 pages and had the same effect. The truth is outrageous regardless.

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