In Episode 2, we explore the politics and culture of food and what it means to Asian Americans through a critical feminist, antiracist, and anti-imperialist lens. We discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the Asian American restaurant industry, the long history of racist and xenophobic representations of Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese food, the Netflix show Ugly Delicious starring David Chang, the regional differences in different cuisines that disrupts this idea of a monolithic Asian American community, how race, class, and colonialism intersect to affect how certain cuisines are redefined, our personal experiences and family histories of growing up eating Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese food, the complicated nature of authenticity, the cultural appropriation of food, and our favorite restaurants in Georgia.

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CHECK THESE OUT:

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious: S1 EP7: “Fried Rice”

Netflix’s Ugly Delicious: S2 EP2: “Don’t Call It Curry”

Netflix’s Street Food: Asia: S1 EP7: “Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam”

MSG and “Chinese restaurant syndrome”

The Problem with “Curry”

Vietnamese Cuisine

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