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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they claiming they created the dishes? Are they calling it American cuisine? I have my doubts, but please provide links to prove me wrong. [/quote]
Look at Alison Roman with her “chickpea stew” and “gentle lentils”.[/quote]Ok. In the chickpea stew recipe, it clearly references “stews found in South India and parts of the Caribbean” right there in the first sentence.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019772-spiced-chickpea-stew-with-coconut-and-turmeric

And here she is talking about the lentils and mentions the South Asian origin of dal: https://anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/gentle-lentils

She did not claim either as American cuisine, and did not claim to invent anything or discover a new ingredient.[/quote]

Yes, but she should have called them by their traditional names.[/quote]

So, people complain because her food isn't "authentic," AND that she's not calling them by the traditional name of the food she's not making right in the first place?  [/quote]

Can we stop talking about Alison Roman, please?  Although truthfully, that might answer the question in the subject line -- "why are ethnic foods trendy?" Because people like Alison Roman, Chrissy Tiegen, Guy Fieri, and other "celebrity chefs" or "influencers" claiming to be chefs are cooking and talking about international cuisine (and yes, profiting off of it). This is actually a good thing though -- we should all be enjoying foods from other cultures. I don't think there's anything wrong with changing a dish so that your own family will enjoy it.

I stand by my assessment that I think OP is a white person who started this thread to stir up trouble, though.[/quote]

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