Objective:

To understand the process of changes and restructuring that impacted on the diet and habitus of the interviewees, this text explains the construction of the eating practices of a migrant locality that experienced forced mobility and refuge in the cross-border zone between Guatemala and Mexico.

Methodology:

The theoretical-methodological basis, is made up of interviews with different generations, and the theory of capitals, by Pierre Bourdieu.

Results:

This presents an approach to the main elements that allowed the construction of their eating practices from their departure from Guatemala to the present time.

Limitations:

Although it only analyzes one family, its study allowed us to understand some of the main elements of the process described.

Conclusions:

From this exercise it is concluded that both subjective and objective structures condition cultural production regarding food practices.