Jose Garces

My family came from Ecuador.

There a great ethnic cuisine available to you in Chicago.

Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.

I'm normally a burger and chips girl - such a cheap date.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

I cannot cook to save my life. I'm really frighteningly useless, when you get down to it.