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Wonder Cabinet

In Search Of Real Food [Rebroadcast]

Wonder Cabinet

Wonder Cabinet Productions

Society & Culture, Wonder, Philosophy, Ttbook, Knowledge, Interview

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What if the guiding principle we used in cooking, eating and growing food was love? From an
Iranian-American kitchen to the chocolate forests of Ecuador, we explore new ways to express deep flavors and personal identity through food and cooking.

*Guests: *

Simran SethiSamin NosratMichael TwittyJosh Noel

*Interviews In This Hour: *

The Frightening Sameness Beneath Hundreds of FlavorsA Little Grammy, A Little Bubbe: A Writer Embodies Family History Through FoodAnyone Can Cook—With the Right ElementsDoes 'Selling Out' Make a Difference You Can Taste?Two Dishes, Two Tastings: A Dinner Party with Simran, Michael, Samin and Josh

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's to the best of our knowledge from PRX.

0:04.0

What is real food?

0:07.0

And how far would you go to find it?

0:09.0

I sold my house, I quit my job, and I embarked on this journey across six continents

0:15.0

to go to the deep origins where our foods are born.

0:18.0

I want to reclaim what's mine. I'm Anne Strange Champs, and today we're

0:22.9

talking about authenticity in cooking and eating what it means and why it matters. In our family,

0:30.0

the highest compliment anything could get was that it tasted like Iran. How have you found your

0:36.5

identity in African American, Jewish, gay culture through food?

0:41.3

I'm a little, as we call my grandmother, Grammy.

0:44.3

So I'm a little Grammy, I'm a little bubby.

0:47.3

I'm a little queen mother of the house.

0:50.3

I'm all of those pieces.

0:52.3

Today we go looking for deep flavors, personal identity, and love in food.

1:02.6

Wisconsin Public Radio.

1:10.0

It's to the best of our knowledge from PRX.

1:13.2

I'm Anne Strain Champs.

1:15.1

Walk through the largest supermarket chain in America.

1:18.4

20 different kinds of potato chips.

1:20.7

153 flavors of ice cream, an acre of cold cereal.

1:25.8

Why do we have so many choices?

1:28.1

Or do we have so many choices? Or, do we?

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