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Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

That's exactly right. During and after enslavement,Black men and women powered the...

PADMA:
That's exactly right. During and after enslavement,
Black men and women powered the restaurants and hotels
that transformed neighboring Asheville into a culinary mecca. But their contributions
are often overlooked. One local chef is trying to change that. She's a rising star in this community and someone who I'm pretty familiar with. And the winning chef today is...
Ashleigh!

Full Transcript

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PADMA: That's exactly right.
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During and after enslavement, Black men and women
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powered the restaurants and hotels that transformed neighboring Asheville
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into a culinary mecca.
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But their contributions are often overlooked.
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One local chef is trying to change that.
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She's a rising star in this community
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and someone who I'm pretty familiar with.
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And the winning chef today is... Ashleigh!
Duration
29 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:01
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Season
2
Episode
3
Genres
adventure, reality-tv
Production
Yokubô Production

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Movie Summary

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.
S02 • E02 I think Hazara women, they want what they didn't have for themselves - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:07
I think Hazara women, they want what they didn't have f...
S02 • E04 Yeah, they're-- It's still not the most open region - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:09
Yeah, they're-- It's still not the most open regio...
S02 • E02 - PADMA: Mm-hm. - But the girl who started their education in 2003, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:11
- PADMA: Mm-hm. - But the girl who started their education i...
S02 • E01 The lyrics about rising up and fighting for freedom - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:17
The lyrics about rising up and fighting for freedom
S02 • E04 Were your parents okay with Trina when you did introduce her? - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:05
Were your parents okay with Trina when you did introduce her...
S02 • E02 I think Hazara women, they were-- they opened up their own businesses, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:08
I think Hazara women, they were-- they opened up their own b...
S02 • E04 You know, when you're younger you kind of think - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:05
You know, when you're younger you kind of think
S02 • E04 But the more I learn about what my roots are - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:13
But the more I learn about what my roots are
S02 • E02 You educate a girl, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:05
You educate a girl,
S02 • E01 I think that we are believing much more in ourselves - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:11
I think that we are believing much more in ourselves
S02 • E02 And Taliban... hate us for that. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:04
And Taliban... hate us for that.
S02 • E03 PADMA: And she happens to be hosting a pop-up right around the corner. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:07
PADMA: And she happens to be hosting a pop-up right around t...
S02 • E02 Exactly, exactly. [Padma laughs] - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:18
Exactly, exactly. [Padma laughs]
S02 • E04 I felt like I needed to almost make a choice. - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:04
I felt like I needed to almost make a choice.
S02 • E01 - And I-I think... - Why can't you demand - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:06
- And I-I think... - Why can't you demand
S02 • E04 You know, will I be Latvian Ukrainian or am I going to be gay? - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:04
You know, will I be Latvian Ukrainian or am I going to be ga...
S02 • E03 PADMA: Since her days on Top Chef, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:22
PADMA: Since her days on Top Chef,
S02 • E04 And, you know, through Dacha 46, - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:07
And, you know, through Dacha 46,
S02 • E01 So what do Puerto Ricans want: - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:09
So what do Puerto Ricans want:
S02 • E04 I get to celebrate the language and the food I grew up eating - Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi 00:06
I get to celebrate the language and the food I grew up eatin...