The Opposite of Locavore
The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
4.3 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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We're traveling to eat this week, and looking at foods that have gone through international transformations. We hear from Dr. Lucy Long, director and founder of the Center for Food and Culture, about the difference between being a food tourist and a food pilgrim, and why it's important to consider cultural responsibility in either case. We learn about the amazing culinary scene in Dubai with Arva Ahmed of Frying Pan Adventures. Chefs Mourad Lahlou and Louis Maldonado talk about the intersection of Morrocan and Mexican cuisines. Writer and taco historian Gustavo Arellano comes to the defense of flour tortillas and provides us with an amazing history lesson. Plus, America’s Test Kitchen heads to Wisconsin to figure out what makes the spicy cheese bread at the Dane County Farmers' Market so addictive - and yes, there is a recipe! Plus, Francis takes listener questions about making extra-creamy feta cheese at home and how to "fix" an accidentally scorched Irish stew meat, or at least salvage the high quality sirloin steak.
Broadcast dates for this episode:
- April 20, 2018 (originally aired)
- April 12, 2019 (rebroadcast)
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| 1:16.4 | I just Googled the phrase, Tourist versus Traveler. |
| 1:25.0 | 30 million hits. That's 30 million posts on the internet that all say, basically, |
| 1:33.6 | you know, that tourists go places to buy tacky souvenirs and take selfies, while travelers |
| 1:37.9 | nobly go, you know, to really connect with a culture. It's not a really complicated distinction, but apparently it's one that a lot of people |
| 1:46.5 | want to talk about. |
| 1:48.0 | But what does that difference look like when you apply it to people who go far afield |
| 1:51.8 | for food? |
| 1:53.4 | Dr. Lucy Long teaches at Bowling Green State University and is director of the Center for Food |
| 1:58.6 | and Culture, an independent nonprofit that promotes deeper understandings of food |
| 2:03.1 | and how it connects everyone. |
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