Karlos Arguiñano has recalled a childhood marked by family responsibilities long before he became one of the best-known chefs in Spain. He was the eldest of four siblings and his mother had significant mobility difficulties as a result of polio. That situation meant that from a very young age he took on household chores that for other children might have been secondary, but were essential in his home. "My mother was paralyzed from polio," he exp…
Karlos Arguiñano has recalled a childhood marked by family responsibilities long before he became one of the best-known chefs in Spain. He was the eldest of four siblings and his mother had significant mobility difficulties as a result of polio. That situation meant that from a very young age he took on household chores that for other children might have been secondary, but were essential in his home. "My mother was paralyzed from polio," he exp…