Newcomers from five countries discuss the differences between eating here and in their homelands, where they dine out and shop for ingredients, what kinds of adaptations they’ve had to make, and which American foods they’re learning to love.
Tag: foodways
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Starbucks doesn’t compare to Ukrainian coffee
“But American food? I love it! I like burgers, fries, chicken fingers, and cheese sticks,” Anna Tsymbaliuk says.
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A Mexican immigrant awed by the abundance of American grocery stores
“Sometimes I like to go to the stores here just to see the quantity of products that you can choose,” Elizabeth Franco says.
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These Armenian-Iraqi immigrants tried tacos for the first time in Chicago
“She likes them, I don’t.”
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An Ethiopian mom introduced her kids to KFC, but they’d rather eat Indian
“Because we have similar spices, similar flavors, Indian and Pakistani food makes sense for Ethiopians,” Tigist Tesfaw says.
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Cooking Congolese cuisine without recipes
“If I write it down that would be American food,” Francine Maombi says.
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A hot dog with ketchup is delicious—even in Chicago
Chicagoans shouldn’t be ashamed to put the red stuff on encased meat.