Gastrodiplomacy, Ruth Reichl, Judith Jones

Good Food

KCRW

Society & Culture

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dan Hong considers the role food has played in diplomacy and politics. Ruth Reichl weaves art and fashion into The Paris Novel, in which her heroine finds herself through food. Sara B. Franklin pays tribute to Judith Jones, the editor responsible for bringing Julia Child and Edna Lewis to American kitchens. At the farmers market, chef Daniel Cutler puts tomatoes and peaches to work at two different restaurants.

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0:00.0	From KieCRW, I'm Evan Klimin and you're listening to good food.
0:05.0	As we gear up for the 2024 Olympics,
0:08.1	I have been bombarded with emails and articles about what the athletes will be eating.
0:13.3	I mean, this is the Paris Olympics.
0:16.2	The first thing athletes smell when they enter the Olympic Village
0:19.5	is said to be the smell of freshly baked baguettes.
0:22.5	The country even launched baguettes scented scratch and sniff stamps leading up to the big event.
0:28.9	And we could have brought you a segment about what the athletes are eating.
0:32.3	Blanchettiveau, lemon tart, Perry breast,
0:35.0	with the sight of kimchi for the Koreans
0:37.0	and Ugali for the Kenyans.
0:39.0	But what is more interesting to me
0:41.0	is the way in which food is used as soft power on the international
0:45.3	stage.
0:46.3	Gastro diplomacy is not just reserved for glitzy international events like the Olympics.
0:53.0	Neighborhoods across the world are filled with the communities of immigrants who make
0:57.7	their cuisine, some of which is subsidized by government programs from their home
1:01.8	countries.
1:03.0	When diplomat Dan Hong discovered one Japanese spot in Athens that stood out,
1:08.0	he decided to dive a bit deeper.
1:11.6	Hi Dan. Hi, Evan. You were working as a diplomat in Athens
1:16.7	when you stumbled upon a Japanese restaurant that was unlike the typical Pan-Asian spots that you normally encountered.
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