Meant to be Eaten looks at cross-cultural exchange in food and contemporary media. What determines “authenticity”? What, if anything, gets lost in translation when cooking foods from another’s culture? First-generation Chinese host, Coral Lee, looks at how American culture figures forth in less-than mainstream ways, in less-than expected places.
Who and what define authenticity? Can shopping in the “ethnic” aisle ever become more than “ethnic tourism?" Is cultural appropriation a real issue in the culinary world? These are the types of questions we’re looking to answer on Meant to Be Eaten...because what if those Korean tacos...are just really tasty tacos?
We're kicking the season off with an interview with Jeremy Umansky, leader of the koji movement and owner of Larder--an Eastern European deli in Cleveland powered by Japanese ingredient, koji.
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