The Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo García
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Winner of the 2024 James Beard Foundation's Award for Literary Writing
A New Yorker Best Book of 2023 • An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick
A chef’s gripping quest to reconcile his childhood experiences as a migrant farmworker with the rarefied world of fine dining.
Born in rural Mexico, Eduardo “Lalo” García Guzmán and his family left for the United States when he was a child, picking fruits and vegetables on the migrant route from Florida to Michigan. He worked in Atlanta restaurants as a tee...






















