Show

Sunday at 03:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Meant To Be Eaten

Who and what define authenticity?

Meant to be Eaten looks at cross-cultural exchange in food and contemporary media. What determines “authenticity”? What, if anything, gets lost in translation when cooking foods from another’s culture? First-generation Chinese host, Coral Lee, looks at how American culture figures forth in less-than mainstream ways, in less-than expected places.

BROWSE EPISODES ↓

Subscribe

Share

Engineered by HRN Staff

Produced by Coral Lee

Hosted by

Coral Lee

Coral grew up in Southern California and studied poetry at Middle-of-Nowhere College for two years before deciding to pursue art conservation in New York City. But, while on a fellowship shooting lasers at frescoes in Herculaneum, Coral realized she was thinking about the local olives way more than the crumbling art…and that it was probably time for a change. Since falling into the NYC restaurant world—becoming a pastry apprentice, then a fish butcher, then a sushi chef—she’s developed and styled recipes for numerous cookbooks, magazines, TV, and brands. Her Heritage Radio Network show, Meant to Be Eaten, explores cross-cultural exchange as afforded by food, and she is currently overseeing Food52’s podcast network. You can follow her on Instagram @coralannelee.

Latest Episodes

Well Rooted: A Gastronomica Interview with Chef Rob Connoley

Episode 108, Aired: May 2, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Daniel Bender. Chef Rob Connoley discusses culinary collaboration and the roots of Ozark cuisine at his research-driven restaurant, Bulrush...

Ketchup as a Vegetable: Condiments and the Politics of School Lunch in Reagan’s America

Episode 107, Aired: February 21, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, guest hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Melissa Fuster. Historian Amy Bentley returns to the show to discuss the politics of food and nutrition. She traces how the Reagan...

Lunch Interrupted! COVID-19 and Japan’s School Meals

Episode 106, Aired: February 14, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, guest hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Jessica Carbone. Alexis Agliano Sanborn explores how Japan's school lunch programs connected people and supported communities in the...

Rumor, Chinese Diets, and COVID-19: Questions and Answers about Chinese Food and Eating Habits

Episode 105, Aired: February 7, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, guest hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Krishnendu Ray. Historians Michelle T. King and Wendy Jia-Chen Fu discuss the stigmatization of Chinese food and eating habits in...

Paqueteros and Paqueteras: Humanizing a Dehumanized Food System

Episode 104, Aired: January 31, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies <https://online.ucpress.edu/gastronomica>, guest hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Jaclyn Rohel. Alyshia Gálvez explores the work of transnational food couriers known as...

Feeding the City, Pandemic and Beyond

Episode 103, Aired: January 24, 2021

This episode is part of a special series in collaboration with Gastronomica: The Journal for Food Studies, guest hosted by Gastronomica editorial collective member Bob Valgenti. Bryan Dale and Jo Sharma share a COVID-19 dispatch from Toronto, Canada. They discuss how their project "Feeding the City...

Related Editorials