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Food has a magical ability to transport us to specific moments in our lives.
One spoonful of a warm soup immediately reminds you of your grandmothers kitchen.
A bite of your favorite sandwich takes you back to a college Eurotrip.
Climate change and gentrification may wipe out the rice fields that Gullah farmers have cultivated for centuries.
The protection of Blackness, from food culture to literal bodies, doesnt have a clear resolution.
Fast-forward to the millennial era: The first-generation children of immigrants whoonce suppressedtheir rich culture are now embracing it.
These same millennials serve as the main subjects that Lakshmi interviews inTaste the Nation.
I think that migration is responsible for a lot of the most beautiful things about humankind.
However, it sometimes fails to go beyond that optimism.
Lakshmi doesnt directly challenge Haddad I was never going to change his mind.
The moment weakens the very idealization the show lends to its immigrants.
The same person whotweeted, The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill.
in 2016 has placed immigrants in cages and vowed to build a border wall.
Four days later, Trumpsigned an orderfreezing immigration work visas through 2020.
Once the dismantling of cultural poaching is achieved, that bowl of comfort food will taste so much sweeter.
