In Taste the Nation, award winning cookbook author, host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
DETAILS
In Taste the Nation , award winning cookbook author, host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi, takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today. From indigenous communities to recent immigrant arrivals, Padma breaks bread with Americans across the nation to uncover the roots and relationship between our food, our humanity and our history – ultimately revealing stories that challenge notions of identity, belonging, and what it means to be American.
- Release Date:
- 2020 – 2021
- Genre:
- Lifestyle,
- Docuseries
- Rating:
- Creator:
- Padma Lakshmi
- Starring:
- Padma Lakshmi
EPISODES
S2:E1 Ketchup or No Ketchup
Padma gets to the heart (and stomach) of Puerto Rico’s fight for independence.
S2:E2 From Kabul with Love
Padma joins the Afghan American community in DC as they welcome new arrivals.
S2:E3 Padma and the Beanstalk
Appalachia is reinventing itself through its most beloved resource - food.
S2:E4 The Borscht Identity
Padma heads to New York’s Brighton Beach and the East Village.
S2:E5 Fufu for the Win
Padma’s spice meter is put to the test by comedian Yvonne Orji.
S2:E6 Ube in the Bay
Sizzling silogs, sour sinigang…and sweet spaghetti?
S2:E7 Greeks on the Gulf
Padma eats her way through the seaside city of Tarpon Springs, Florida.
S2:E8 On the Tip of my Krueng
In the symbolic heart of America’s industrial past, Padma travels to Lowell, Massachusetts.
S2:E9 Halal from Dearborn
Padma visits Dearborn, aka the Arab American bubble, during Ramadan.
S2:E10 Ciao New York
Padma reminisces about her years in Italy.
S2:E11 Happy Challah Days
Padma noshes her way through eight decadent nights of Chanukah on New York's Lower East Side.
S2:E12 Truth and the Turkey Tale
Thanksgiving – the all American feast. Padma visits Cape Cod to deconstruct the holiday narrative.
S2:E13 Mojo-ho Christmas
If you're smelling pork in the air, it must be Nochebuena! Padma visits the Miami Cuban community.
S2:E14 K-Town Countdown
Lunar New Year – a time to celebrate the old and the new. Join Padma in Los Angeles' Koreatown.
