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79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

Released Friday, 22nd March 2019
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79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

79 – The Words This Food Critic Will Never Use

Friday, 22nd March 2019
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San Francisco Chronicle food critic Soleil Ho won’t use the word “ethnic” in her restaurant reviews: “The assumption that it doesn’t apply equally to people and cuisines associated with Europe or white America gives me such a headache,” she writes. Ho and guest Victoria Bouloubasis are part of a crowing crop of restaurant reviewers who are rethinking food criticism, and increasingly dealing with the bigger societal issues diners and food workers confront, from racism to labor to identity politics and environmental concerns. They talk with Tom about this new approach. And they discuss more food words that are outdated.

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