My name is not Diego: Chronicles of Latino cook in America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798197428653)

Behind the swinging doors of the culinary world, the heat isn't just a temperature-it's a physical force that reduces a human being to their absolute baseline grit.

In My Name is Not Diego, chef Diogo Passos Evangelista delivers a raw, cinematic memoir that strips away the clean glamour of white tablecloths to expose the beautiful, violent reality of the kitchen trenches. This isn't a story about delicate plating or effortless creation. It is a map of a career written in scar tissue, burns, and blood.