The Women Who Influence How America Eats

Code Switch

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🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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For decades, the ingredients, dishes and chefs that are popularized have been filtered through the narrow lens of a food and publishing world dominated by mostly white, mostly male decision-makers. But with more food authors of color taking center stage, is that changing? In this episode, we dive deep into food publishing, past and present.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, you're listening to Code Switch. I'm Lori Lissarraga.
0:03.2	And I'm Karen Greaksby-Bates. And today we've got something special on the menu for you.
0:07.8	Don't we Lori?
0:08.8	Yes, we do Karen.
0:11.4	Our story today is a Shmorgas board, not of food, but about food.
0:17.1	So it's only right that we start there.
0:19.4	With food, Karen. Everyone's got a favorite. What are yours?
0:23.0	Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Cuban, hamburger.
0:26.9	Whoo! She has those ready to go.
0:30.1	How about you, Lori?
0:31.9	I'm a little pickier than you, I think, Karen.
0:33.8	I have favorite dishes more than whole cuisines,
0:36.8	but top spots for me go to soup dumplings,
0:40.0	and banana scumbo, black chicken, and rice,
0:44.2	just like any rice cooked to anyway.
0:46.8	Ooh, I'm with you on the rice. And now I'm hungry.
0:50.2	Girl, same.
0:52.0	I also love how diverse our favorite foods are.
0:54.8	We named cuisines from literally all over the world,
0:57.3	unplanned. I didn't expect that.
0:59.5	I did.
1:00.3	Here in Southern California, we eat the world on the regular.
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