A chef’s story reflects US-Mexico border tensions
Journalist Laura Tillman was on the trail of a different story in 2016 when she called Máximo Bistrot, a fine dining restaurant in Mexico City. She wanted to learn more about the experiences of the cooks, servers, and dishwashers who served Mexico’s elite amid the nation’s widening wealth gap. But when chef Lalo García came to the phone, he offered her something else: his experiences of midnight border crossings,
