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Eat Your Content103. Who Decides What’s Authentic? The Battle Over Food, Culture, and IdentityWhen a restaurant says “authentic,” what does that really mean—and who gets to decide? In this episode, Rich sits down with Janna Tamargo, founder of AuthenticFood.com to unpack the complex and often heated conversations around authenticity in food.From a Japanese restaurant secretly run by Chinese owners to debates over who has the right to cook certain cuisines, Janna shares stories from her global research that reveal why authenticity is never black and white. They explore how memory, culture, and power shape the way we taste and talk about food—and why these conversations matter more than...
2025-10-0637 min