Padma gets to the heart and stomach of Puerto Rico's fight for independence by examining a surprisingly controversial topic of whether ketchup belongs on the Puerto Rican dish pasteles.
On the heels of America's longest war coming to an end, Padma joins the Afghan American community in DC as they welcome new arrivals over feasts that remind them of the Afghanistan they left behind and what can be built anew.
Appalachia is reinventing itself through its most beloved resource, food; Padma eats her way through the Mountain South, unearthing the inventive recipes, humble ingredients and complex history.
Padma heads to New York's Brighton Beach and the East Village to learn why the debate over who really created bortsch symbolises a larger fight for Ukrainian identity.
Padma's spice metre is put to the test by comedian Yvonne Orji and others when she travels to Houston, home to the largest Nigerian population in the U.S., where she gets an insider experience of Nigerian food and pride.
In South San Francisco, Padma enjoys Filipino food and discovers how the younger generation of Filipino Americans are the latest disruptors in the Bay Area.
Padma Lakshmi
Host
Producer
David Shadrack
Sarina Roma
