Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

2020 2 Seasons 24 Episodes ⭐ 8.1 Reality

Host Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.

Host Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Burritos at the Border

El Paso was once part of Mexico. Its border location defines the region’s identity and the complexity of America’s p

EP 2

The All American Weiner

Hot dogs, hamburgers, pretzels… Many think these foods are quintessentially American, but their origins are actually G

EP 3

Don't Mind if I Dosa

Padma asks family, friends and those she admires how they hold onto Indian culture and pass it to the next generation. I

EP 4

The Gullah Way

The Gullah Geechee people of South Carolina are fighting to preserve the traditions passed down from their ancestors, We

EP 5

What Is Chop Suey Anyway?

Chinese food is one of the most popular cuisines in the U.S. but the flavors of a vast country have been simplified over

EP 6

Where the Kabob is Hot

Padma tastes her way through Los Angeles, sampling one of her favorite cuisines: Persian food. The community opens up ab

EP 7

The Original Americans

What is the original American cuisine? Padma travels to Arizona to eat food that is indigenous to this land. She tries s

EP 8

Dancing in Little Lima!

Peruvian cuisine hasn’t quite had its moment on the American food scene, but Padma knows the power of a great bowl of

EP 9

The Pad Thai Gamble

Las Vegas is home to one of the largest groups of Thai immigrants in the country, many of whom were women who came here

EP 10

Zen and the Art of Poke

Padma dives into Japanese culture, ubiquitous in Honolulu, to understand just how far their cultural footprint reaches.

EP 1

Ketchup or No Ketchup

Padma gets to the heart (and stomach) of Puerto Rico’s fight for independence by examining a surprisingly controversia

EP 2

From Kabul with Love

On the heels of America’s longest war coming to an end, Padma joins the Afghan American community in DC as they welcom

EP 3

Padma and the Beanstalk

Appalachia is reinventing itself through its most beloved resource - food. Padma eats her way through the Mountain South

EP 4

The Borscht Identity

Padma heads to New York’s Brighton Beach and the East Village to learn why the debate over who really created borscht

EP 5

Fufu for the Win

Padma’s spice meter is put to the test by comedian Yvonne Orji and others when she travels to Houston, home to the lar

EP 6

Ube in the Bay

Sizzling silogs, sour sinigang…and sweet spaghetti? In South San Francisco, Padma enjoys Filipino food and discovers h

EP 7

Greeks on the Gulf

Padma eats her way through the seaside city of Tarpon Springs, Florida, which may as well be a Greek Island. From sponge

EP 8

On the Tip of My Kreung

In the symbolic heart of America’s industrial past, Padma travels to Lowell, Massachusetts and sees how Cambodian immi

EP 9

Halal from Dearborn

Padma visits Dearborn, a.k.a the Arab American “bubble”, during Ramadan, the holiest period of the year for Dearborn

EP 10

Ciao New York

Padma reminisces about her years in Italy, where she experienced the spirit of la bella vita, the beautiful life. Now,

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Padma Lakshmi
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