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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue isnt just food nis who gets to profit off this innovation and its usually white people who "discover" some sort of new cuisine when its not really new and has been cooked by the original culture for years. Alison Roman sells books and articles to the US white people market where as Indian and middle eastern chefs have not gotten that amount of exposure or profit for very similar recipes. 
But as far as actual food, people can and should cook what they like. 
Traditional american food is a collection of ethnic dishes from a variety os sources. A lot of "southern" food cultures and recipes brought over by african slaves. Okra is native to ethiopia, rice grown in the american south was originally native to sub saharan africa as well. Apple pie is originally Dutch, all the various sausages are polish, italian, spanish etc etc. [/quote]

+1 I think the above is the issue. My mom's classic lunch was a boiled potato on a plate, so that's why I've needed to delve into other food cultures. I also eat the foods available where I live. At different times that's means shopping at Chinese, or Mexican, or Lebanese groceries. Now my local grocery stores are Dominican or Lao unless I want to buy the super healthy "American" options at family dollar, so I've adjusted my cooking accordingly. Youtube is great for seeing home cooks from all over the world make their traditional (or fusion) dishes.[/quote]

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