A Shortcut Across Time

A famous chef walks into a Civil War nurse's old office.

José Andrés is the award-winning chef known for jumping into action to feed people affected by hurricanes, wildfires, and most recently the war in Ukraine. But he’s also a huge admirer of a woman whose photograph lives at the National Portrait Gallery– the Civil War nurse Clara Barton. Museum director Kim Sajet talks with Andrés about his call for ‘longer tables,’ and also takes us down the block to Barton’s former digs, to see how their stories overlap.

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