Other People's Food Pt. 5: Your Mom's Crappy Casserole

The Sporkful | Oct 7, 2016

Ahead of the launch of a new series on race, culture and food called Who Is This Restaurant For? we’re repeating our series Other People’s Food, in case you missed part of it the first time around. 

In Episode 5, Artist Ashok Kondabolu and comedian Michelle Buteau join us live on stage. They grew up in immigrant families, straddling food cultures and they have very different opinions on the line between assimilation and appropriation, but they agree on one thing: It's personal. (Repeat)

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