"Food phenom Kwame Onwuachi tells the incredible story of how ingenuity in the face of adversity enables a boy born on Long Island and raised in New York City, Nigeria, and Louisiana to become a Top Chef star and the James Beard Award-winning executive chef of Kith/Kin in Washington D.C."-- Provided by publisher.

Standing on stories -- Egusi stew -- Dominoes -- Ancestors -- The block -- Moneymaking -- Gulf state -- Finding my craft -- CIA man -- Ignited -- Breakdowns and breakthroughs -- From old guard to start-up -- Welcome to reality -- The jewel -- Unraveling -- The lesson.