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The Migrant Kitchen Season 2 (Trailer)
Watch a preview of The Migrant Kitchen, our Emmy®-winning food series that explores Los Angeles’ booming food scene through the eyes of a new generation of chefs whose cuisine is inspired by the immigrant experience. Produced in partnership with culinary publication Life & Thyme, The Migrant Kitchen's second season will premiere on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. PT on KCET in Southern California and at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Link TV nationwide (DirectTV 375 and DISH Network 9410).
The second season of this James Beard Award and Webby-nominated series continues to spotlight chefs who are combining traditional, ethnic cuisines with new flavors and fresh techniques that have transformed the culinary landscape of the city, making it one of the food capitals of the world. Season two will examine tradition and innovation in cuisines celebrating the food cultures of Mexico, Vietnam, Japan and India, as well as their various interpretations in Los Angeles. Episodes will feature Los Angeles chefs and food influencers including Ray Garcia (Broken Spanish, BS Taqueria), Carlos Salgado (Taco María), Bryant Ng (Cassia), Sonoko Sakai (author of "The Poetical Pursuit of Food: Japanese Recipes for American Cooks" and "Rice Craft"), Wes Avila (Guerilla Tacos) and the Mahendro family (Badmaash).
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Full Episodes
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The Migrant Kitchen
The Migrant Kitchen
S2 E1: Alta California
Season 2, Episode 1
A collective of culturally connected, distinguished chefs (including Ray Garcia of Broken Spanish, Wes Avila of Guerilla Tacos, Carlos Salgado of Taco Maria, as well as Jorge Gaviria of Masienda) push forward the “Alta California” Mexican food movement.
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The Migrant Kitchen
S2 E2: Badmaash
Season 2, Episode 2
Like carefully selected spices to a classic Indian dish, The Mahendro family contributes something special and significant to their restaurant Badmaash and to the city of L.A.
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The Migrant Kitchen
S2 E3: Omotenashi
Season 2, Episode 3
Echo Park's Tsubaki, Sonoko Sakai, Wild Live Seafood's Seiichi Yokota and Spago Beverly Hills aims to introduce Angelenos to the unique spirit of Japanese hospitality and the culture's deep culinary customs.
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The Migrant Kitchen
S2 E4: Beyond Pho
Season 2, Episode 4
Cassia in Santa Monica, Good Girl Dinette in Highland Park, Red Boat Fish Sauce, and Minh Phan of Porridge & Puffs are hoping to demonstrate that there’s so much more to Vietnamese culture than banh mi, spring rolls and pho.
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The Migrant Kitchen
The Migrant Kitchen
The Migrant Kitchen 1-Hour Special
Season 1 Broadcast Special
The Migrant Kitchen explores Los Angeles’ booming food scene through the eyes of a new generation of chefs whose cuisine is inspired by the immigrant experience.
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Clips & Segments
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Making food isn't just about nourishment. Sometimes, it can also mean building connections and strengthening ties. Porridge and Puffs chef Minh Phan speaks about finding her community in an annual affair to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
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The Migrant Kitchen
Find out the traditional Japanese technique used by Seiichi Yokota to keep his catch fresh and flavorful.
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"Big Bang Theory" celebrity Kunyal Nayyar talks about what makes an Indian restaurant feel real — like home.
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Despite living in this global village, we continue to have pre-conceived notions of the cuisine we eat. What informs these expectations of food? How to they help or hinder our experience of food and the rise of promising chefs in the culinary landscape?
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Featured
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Good Food and the Problematic Search for Authenticity
What makes claims to authenticity so important for reaching consumers and why are we — the eaters and consumers — so desperately in search of what is real and authentic?
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immigrant culture
How Immigrants’ Culinary Traditions Are Making Los Angeles a Food Destination
While migrants from all over the world have been essential to L.A.’s food industry, they have remained largely behind the scenes. It is these immigrants who are re-shaping L.A.’s culinary landscape by infusing global traditions into modern dishes.
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How Traders, Travelers and Colonization Shaped Filipino Cuisine
LASA co-owner, Chase Valencia, explores the centuries of multicultural influence that shaped modern-day Filipino cuisine.
Articles
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The Migrant Kitchen
Restaurant critic Jonathan Gold was a generous man who helped uplift small businesses and the every man, as well as someone who was more than willing to share his wealth of knowledge about not only food but L.A. and the arts.
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The Migrant Kitchen
In his poignant writing, Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold could sum up centuries of history and a lifetime of culinary philosophy in a few lines, or through a single dish.
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If you’ve ever ordered a coffee with your potato balls at Porto’s, you were drinking Gaviña coffee. What the casual consumer may not realize is that the Gaviña family tells a classic Los Angeles immigrant story, not unlike the Porto's family, and it begin
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We asked Chef Diep Tran of Good Girl Dinette to give us a rundown of Vietnamese dishes we should try aside from the usual pho and banh mi.
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There are many thriving Vietnamese communities in the United States which are also flourishing as culinary destinations.
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A beautifully simple dish that brings together the freshness of the sea with the delicious taste of garlic, shio koji and lemon over the grill. Perfect for easy going barbecues.
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