<description>&lt;p&gt;Tucker Carlson claimed that tacos are American. Rick Bayless was attacked for appropriating Mexican cuisine. Jamie Oliver hired a team of cultural appropriation specialists to advise him when writing recipes, to make sure he didn’t run afoul of the new culinary orthodoxy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What’s going on in the restaurant world and at our dinner tables? Who exactly owns a cuisine, and why do we get so proprietary when it comes to food? On this week’s &lt;em&gt;Banished&lt;/em&gt;, Amna Khalid talks with Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, professor of anthropology at Carleton College, about food, national cuisines and the politics of cultural appropriation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note from Amna:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Banished&lt;em&gt; is taking a hiatus, but you can always continue to follow my thoughts on Twitter &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;@AmnaUncensored&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;, and my work at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.amnakhalid.com"&gt;amnakhalid.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Thank you for listening!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit &lt;a href="https://banished.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2"&gt;banished.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Banished

Amna Khalid

Whose Tacos?

JUN 12, 202233 MIN
Banished

Whose Tacos?

JUN 12, 202233 MIN

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<p>Tucker Carlson claimed that tacos are American. Rick Bayless was attacked for appropriating Mexican cuisine. Jamie Oliver hired a team of cultural appropriation specialists to advise him when writing recipes, to make sure he didn’t run afoul of the new culinary orthodoxy.</p><p>What’s going on in the restaurant world and at our dinner tables? Who exactly owns a cuisine, and why do we get so proprietary when it comes to food? On this week’s <em>Banished</em>, Amna Khalid talks with Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, professor of anthropology at Carleton College, about food, national cuisines and the politics of cultural appropriation.</p><p><em>Note from Amna:</em><em> </em>Banished<em> is taking a hiatus, but you can always continue to follow my thoughts on Twitter </em><em>@AmnaUncensored</em><em>, and my work at </em><a target="_blank" href="https://www.amnakhalid.com">amnakhalid.com</a>. <em>Thank you for listening!</em></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://banished.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">banished.substack.com/subscribe</a>