Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family (Jill Damatac) savory pastry one delectable recipe at a

one delectable recipe at a time

and continuously challenge themselves and each other to be better

The food is imaginative but never complicated

stewed watermelon

where every discovery adds a layer to the rich tapestry of American history

Dirty Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family (Jill Damatac) savory pastry one delectable recipe at aIn the style of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings, filmmaker Jill Damatac blends memoir, food writing, and colonial history as she cooks her way through recipes from her native born Philippines and shares stories of her undocumented family in America. Jill Damatac left the United States in 2015 after living there as an undocumented immigrant with her family for twenty two years. America was the only home she knew, where invisibility had become her