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Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Host 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.

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N/A

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adventure, reality-tv

Production

Yokubô Production

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 10 nominations total

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http://www.tsuitounozawameki.net/

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Although Puerto Ricans
are American citizens, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Although Puerto Ricans are American citizens,

I mean, we're not there yet. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

I mean, we're not there yet.

We're so dependent on what comes in. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

We're so dependent on what comes in.

Even though Puerto
Rico can grow food year-round, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Even though Puerto Rico can grow food year-round,

That is the ray of sunshine right now. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

That is the ray of sunshine right now.

So what if I go on a search
for all the ingredients for pasteles - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

So what if I go on a search for all the ingredients for past...

[bomb blasts] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Finding all locally sourced ingredients
for pasteles isn't going to be easy. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Finding all locally sourced ingredients for pasteles isn...

A local entrepreneur
who's in with all the farmers. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

A local entrepreneur who's in with all the farmers.

[cork zooms] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

She's agreed to take me
on a cross-island road trip - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

She's agreed to take me on a cross-island road trip

Then people have been coming in droves
to help Ukrainian businesses. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Then people have been coming in droves to help Ukrainian bus...

- Okay.
- ...of all the things we need - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- Okay. - ...of all the things we need

They sympathize, they want to know
how the staff's doing, how we're doing. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

They sympathize, they want to know how the staff's doin...

We have pork, ají Dulce, recao, garlic, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

We have pork, ají Dulce, recao, garlic,

It's been unbelievable
to showcase what we do best: - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It's been unbelievable to showcase what we do best:

[audience laughing] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

[audience laughing]

They look delicious.
This is very elegant. Yes. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

They look delicious. This is very elegant. Yes.

We serve Ukrainian borscht year-round
which is almost like a meal in itself. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

We serve Ukrainian borscht year-round which is almost like a...

That would mean I'm someone
that's connected to my community, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

That would mean I'm someone that's connected to my...

So this is aushak, what I'm eating.
And what is aushak? - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

So this is aushak, what I'm eating. And what is aushak?

It can be served
with this meat sauce on top, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It can be served with this meat sauce on top,

There is only one soup that I eat.
It's Ukrainian borscht. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

There is only one soup that I eat. It's Ukrainian borsc...

The noodles are so delicate - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The noodles are so delicate

And, as, you know, kind of,
farm-to-table became a bigger thing, and. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

And, as, you know, kind of, farm-to-table became a bigger th...

They're almost like
very, very thin wonton wrappers. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

They're almost like very, very thin wonton wrappers.

Borscht is a must-have
and Veselka is definitely the place to go. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Borscht is a must-have and Veselka is definitely the place t...

We were an agricultural economy. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

We were an agricultural economy.

- Mm-hm.
- And then, the leek inside gives you - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- Mm-hm. - And then, the leek inside gives you

I had that in my back pocket, like--
and didn't even know it. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

I had that in my back pocket, like-- and didn't even kn...

It is bright and it is healthy. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It is bright and it is healthy.

PADMA:
What Travis had in his back pocket - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: What Travis had in his back pocket

All right, so this is mantu. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

All right, so this is mantu.

It's very comforting.
I love the dill in it. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It's very comforting. I love the dill in it.

I eat borscht two times a week.
Do you see my skin? - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

I eat borscht two times a week. Do you see my skin?

...passed down in the form
of a carefully cultivated, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

...passed down in the form of a carefully cultivated,

It looks like the piece of beets.
[laughs] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It looks like the piece of beets. [laughs]

It's the smell of the mantu
that's gonna get you from a distance. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It's the smell of the mantu that's gonna get you f...

It's so rich, so delicate,
so sophisticated. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It's so rich, so delicate, so sophisticated.

OLESIA:
It's so pretty. [chuckles] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

OLESIA: It's so pretty. [chuckles]

The economy boomed. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The economy boomed.

There's cabbage,
carrots, onions, garlic, beets. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

There's cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic, beets.

I'm, I'm bit of a carnivore,
um, and so, you know, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

I'm, I'm bit of a carnivore, um, and so, you know,

The way I-I typically describe it is like,
we are dry-aging a bean, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The way I-I typically describe it is like, we are dry-aging ...

The mantu is very dear to my heart. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The mantu is very dear to my heart.

And when you do that,
this amazing pot roast-y, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

And when you do that, this amazing pot roast-y,

I think I like the aushak. [chuckles] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

I think I like the aushak. [chuckles]

Telling the people, "Agriculture is bad." - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Telling the people, "Agriculture is bad."

PADMA: I initially thought
red borscht was Russian. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: I initially thought red borscht was Russian.

'Cause I know there--
some people are like, "Yeah, you would." - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

'Cause I know there-- some people are like, "Yeah,...

When I was growing up,
we would hang these up, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

When I was growing up, we would hang these up,

PADMA:
These beloved dumplings - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: These beloved dumplings

PADMA:
Preservation techniques like this one - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: Preservation techniques like this one

Poland shares in this tradition - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Poland shares in this tradition

These policies
strangled local agriculture, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

These policies strangled local agriculture,

But this borscht is Ukrainian borscht - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

But this borscht is Ukrainian borscht

- JAMIL: Mm-hm.
- ...of the population of Afghan Americans - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- JAMIL: Mm-hm. - ...of the population of Afghan Americans

PADMA:
Adding beets to borscht
was a Ukrainian adaptation - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: Adding beets to borscht was a Ukrainian adaptation

...led by Ian Pagán Roig. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

...led by Ian Pagán Roig.

For a long time,
a lot of the Afghan-American community - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

For a long time, a lot of the Afghan-American community

That's one kind of Afghan,
probably my mother's age, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

That's one kind of Afghan, probably my mother's ag...

Around 2005, um,
that's when you begin to see - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Around 2005, um, that's when you begin to see

Literally just beans, black garlic,
and some miso made from the beans. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Literally just beans, black garlic, and some miso made from ...

TRAVIS:
So, that's miso that I make out of koji - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

TRAVIS: So, that's miso that I make out of koji

There's a whole section on borscht - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

There's a whole section on borscht

And so those are typically where Afghans
who were supporting the occupation, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

And so those are typically where Afghans who were supporting...

You know, it-it's just this-- - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

You know, it-it's just this--

When you come to our houses,
we make this for you. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

When you come to our houses, we make this for you.

PADMA:
They're a great source of protein, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: They're a great source of protein,

Traditionally, you couldn't just
have a pork chop on your plate - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Traditionally, you couldn't just have a pork chop on yo...

Because I feel like I've always had
to defend who I am. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Because I feel like I've always had to defend who I am.

- Right.
- So, do you think that, in the end, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- Right. - So, do you think that, in the end,

And, you know, a part of that comes
from the coal camps. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

And, you know, a part of that comes from the coal camps.

You know, from a little kid
to an adult and-- - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

You know, from a little kid to an adult and--

It was-- It was either
you could buy a piece of beef - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

It was-- It was either you could buy a piece of beef

- Your farm is beautiful.
- Gracias, gracias. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- Your farm is beautiful. - Gracias, gracias.

There was an emphasis upon
women's rights and women's educations. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

There was an emphasis upon women's rights and women...

- That will last also,
'cause it's cured or preserved.
- Exactly. Yep. A hundred percent. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- That will last also, 'cause it's cured or preser...

But much of that aid,
much of that development, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

But much of that aid, much of that development,

Were-- You sure your language
is actually Ukrainian?" - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Were-- You sure your language is actually Ukrainian?"

The Soviets created to have
this Pan-Soviet identity - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The Soviets created to have this Pan-Soviet identity

The, uh-- there was no western dress.
People dr-- behaved very traditionally-- - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

The, uh-- there was no western dress. People dr-- behaved ve...

- Okay, I'll take banana leaves.
- For wrap... For wrapping the pasteles. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

- Okay, I'll take banana leaves. - For wrap... For wrap...

But it was very important for my parents
to raise us Ukrainian. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

But it was very important for my parents to raise us Ukraini...

But when we came into the public sphere, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

But when we came into the public sphere,

Yeah, yeah, for, yeah.
And then again, you know, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Yeah, yeah, for, yeah. And then again, you know,

PADMA:
Over the 20th century - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

PADMA: Over the 20th century

They were getting drone bombed,
they were getting night raided, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

They were getting drone bombed, they were getting night raid...

There's still some,
but, I mean, growing up there was-- - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

There's still some, but, I mean, growing up there was--

And so, certainly,
there were developments, right, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

And so, certainly, there were developments, right,

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi poster

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Host 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.

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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Yokubô Production

Genre: adventure, reality-tv

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice:

Released: 18 Jun 2020

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 10 nominations total

Homepage: http://www.tsuitounozawameki.net/