Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Epigraph

Note To Self

Chapter 1: When Guts Fry

Chapter 2: Death By Soap Monsters

Chapter 3: Chicken Pot Poems

Chapter 4: Ice Scream: A Dialogue

Chapter 5: Conspiracy Theories

Chapter 6: Cigar Box Secrets

Chapter 7: Masking the Stench

Chapter 8: Chocolate Doesn’t Make Things Better

Chapter 9: Keep Calm and Dale: A Dialogue

Chapter 10: Hidden Recipes

Chapter 11: Adding Mucho Más

Chapter 12: Behind Smiles and Good Service

Chapter 13: ZEMCON 5

Chapter 14: What Would Abuelo Do?

Chapter 15: José Martí Doesn’t Eat Churros

Chapter 16: When the Pot Boils

Chapter 17: Words You Never Want to Hear

Chapter 18: Write Here

Chapter 19: The Last Batido

Chapter 20: Eating in Silence

Chapter 21: Memory Games

Chapter 22: Slicing and Dicing

Chapter 23: Cooking From Memory

Chapter 24: Ready To Roll Call

Chapter 25: My Sugary Fate

Chapter 26: The Verse and the Verdict

Epilogue

Pablo Cartaya’s Recipes Corner

Author’s Note

Acknowledgments