'Where We Come From': Priya And Ritu Krishna On Indian Cooking And Assimilation

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🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Where do you come from? It's a question that immigrant communities of color get asked constantly. But the answer is often not simply about a place on a map. It can be tied to identity, immigration, career, family... and even food. In this episode from NPR's audio and video series Where We Come From, New York Times food writer Priya Krishna tackles this question with her mother, Ritu. They explore assimilation through food and why dal represents comfort for their family.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.
0:04.4	I'm Sam Sanders.
0:05.9	So a few months ago, a good friend and member of the It's Been a Minute team, Anjali
0:10.0	Sastry.
0:11.0	She left to go work on a new top secret project.
0:14.4	This project is now complete, it's out there in the world, and it is no longer a secret.
0:18.6	And I'm so excited to have Anjali this episode share some of that work with us.
0:23.4	Anjali, hey, how are you?
0:24.6	Hi, I'm good, how are you?
0:26.2	Also, it's not top secret, Sam.
0:28.8	Good.
0:29.8	I guess first, how long have you been gone?
0:33.2	You've been working on this thing for a few months now, how long has it been?
0:36.6	Yeah, like four months at this point, yeah.
0:39.4	Okay.
0:40.4	Also feels really weird to be on this side of the mic.
0:43.0	Mm hmm.
0:44.0	Well, you sound great.
0:45.0	I'll tell you that.
0:46.0	Thank you.
0:47.0	Tell our listeners what this project is.
0:49.1	This not top secret project.
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