
GUATEMALA HAS a rich edible history that involves Indigenous foodways, colonial invasions, and recent immigrant arrivals. But its culinary culture has long been overlooked on the global stage. In the past decade, though, new fine-dining restaurants, including Flor De Lis, Diacá, and Sublime, have garnered international acclaim with glitzy experiences the country hadn't seen before. Now a fresh generation of chefs is establishing a modern Guatemalan cuisine by extolling native techniques and elevating humble home cooking while incorporating the flavors of various diasporas.
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