Ep. 5 - Chewing the Fat

A food-related idiom for our food-related episode. This episode tackles a long contested topic — cultural appropriation. And this time, it's in food. With the opening of Lucky Lee's, a healthy Chinese restaurant right next to NYU operated by a white woman, as well as Gordon Ramsay's "authentic Asian eating house," the Asian community has to contend with these situations and what it is about cultural appropriation that feels so hurtful. Listen to our episode to hear our insights.