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- but anyways, with our beets, they re ready too. - oh, that s so beautiful. look at the rainbow of color! oh, that s the best spoonful right there. just one hour ago, this produce was in the ground. and now lalo is laying his roasted beets on a bed of freshly picked arugula. it doesn t get more farm-to-table than this. - we have a little bit of mint, and we re done. - that s it? oh, this is so beautiful. i would eat here every day. - for sure. - this is when you know it s a healthy meal. it has all the colors of the rainbow. ven, lucio! mmm. - [speaking indistinctly] - you plant, and he cooks? is that the deal? - that s the deal. [laughter] - mmm. - mmm. - the beets and that sweetness. mmm. - mmm. - oh, my gosh. oh, my god. this might be the best salad i ve ever had. it s interesting, cause we ve both been on a journey of, like, leaving our roots, ....
[upbeat music] lalo s gourmet restaurant, máximo bistrot, is in the heart of the city, and it marries french and mexican cuisine using fresh produce from island farms here in xochimilco. ah. so this is it. - this is it. this is arca tierra. - this farm provides lalo with some of the vegetables for his seasonal menu. [both speaking spanish] it s run by his friend lucio, an archeologist turned farmer. - right now, we have some parsley, some herbs around here, some chard, and the brassicas. - i feel like i m in a bowl of a really big salad right now. [laughter] - so for chefs, it s really like a paradise to come here and harvest. - so you come here, and you get inspired by what s growing, normally? that s how you decide what to cook? - basically, i come here, and i gather what i m in the mood for, ....
This produce was in the ground. and now lalo is laying his roasted beets on a bed of freshly picked arugula. it doesn t get more farm-to-table than this. - we have a little bit of mint, and we re done. - that s it? oh, this is so beautiful. i would eat here every day. - for sure. - this is when you know it s a healthy meal. it has all the colors of the rainbow. ven, lucio! mmm. - [speaking indistinctly] - you plant, and he cooks? is that the deal? - that s the deal. [laughter] - mmm. - mmm. - the beets and that sweetness. mmm. - mmm. - oh, my gosh. oh, my god. this might be the best salad i ve ever had. it s interesting, cause we ve both been on a journey of, like, leaving our roots, and then coming back, and this, for me, has been a rediscovery of my mexicanness. but for you, what have you discovered about yourself or about mexican culture? - the migrants who go to the u.s., they always look for the american dream. ....
- i can t think of a better guide to these island farms than eduardo garcía, or lalo, one of mexico s superstar chefs. [upbeat music] lalo s gourmet restaurant, máximo bistrot, is in the heart of the city, and it marries french and mexican cuisine using fresh produce from island farms here in xochimilco. ah. so this is it. - this is it. this is arca tierra. - this farm provides lalo with some of the vegetables for his seasonal menu. [both speaking spanish] it s run by his friend lucio, an archeologist turned farmer. - right now, we have some parsley, some herbs around here, some chard, and the brassicas. - i feel like i m in a bowl of a really big salad right now. [laughter] - so for chefs, it s really like a paradise ....
Here in xochimilco. ah. so this is it. - this is it. this is arca tierra. - this farm provides lalo with some of the vegetables for his seasonal menu. [both speaking spanish] it s run by his friend lucio, an archeologist turned farmer. - right now, we have some parsley, some herbs around here, some chard, and the brassicas. - i feel like i m in a bowl of a really big salad right now. [laughter] - so for chefs, it s really like a paradise to come here and harvest. - so you come here, and you get inspired by what s growing, normally? that s how you decide what to cook? - basically, i come here, and i gather what i m in the mood for, whatever looks good to my eyes. and i take it back. - yeah. - you don t have something fixed, though, in your mind? - no, no, no, no. that s what s so beautiful and stressful about my job. because that makes it even more stressful. - lalo always lets mother nature dictate which produce to pick. ....