Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

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   E1. Ketchup or No Ketchup

   May 5, 2023 · 39m

   Padma gets to the heart (and stomach) of Puerto Rico’s fight for independence by examining a surprisingly controversial topic: does ketchup belong on the beloved Puerto Rican dish pasteles?

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   E2. From Kabul with Love

   May 5, 2023 · 32m

   On the heels of America’s longest war coming to an end, Padma joins the Afghan American community in DC as they welcome new arrivals over feasts that remind them of the Afghanistan they left behind, and what can be built anew.

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   E3. Padma and the Beanstalk

   May 5, 2023 · 32m

   Appalachia is reinventing itself through its most beloved resource - food. Padma eats her way through the Mountain South, unearthing the inventive recipes, humble ingredients, and complex history – and picks up some banjo playing along the way.

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   E4. The Borscht Identity

   May 5, 2023 · 34m

   Padma heads to New York’s Brighton Beach and the East Village to learn why the debate over who really created borscht symbolizes a larger fight for Ukrainian identity.

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   E5. Fufu for the Win

   May 5, 2023 · 33m

   Padma’s spice meter is put to the test by comedian Yvonne Orji and others when she travels to Houston, home to the largest Nigerian population in the US, where she gets an insider experience of Nigerian food and pride.

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   E6. Ube in the Bay

   May 5, 2023 · 30m

   Sizzling silogs, sour sinigang…and sweet spaghetti? In South San Francisco, Padma enjoys Filipino food and discovers how the younger generation of Filipino Americans are the latest disruptors in the Bay Area.

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