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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
My God. This is the most ridiculous thing in the world. Izard's (one of Chicago's great chefs, if you live here you know her places) entire thing is recontextualizing foreign cuisine in exciting new ways using her own style. Will she apologize for Duck Duck Goat next?
(for those unaware, Duck Duck Goat is a great restaurant -- the food is excellent and surprisingly not ridiculously expensive -- whose entire premise is built around Izard's spin on Chinese cuisine. APPROPRIATION!!11!)
If this is really your standard, then Latinos and Texans should band together and march to Cincinnati to burn down Skyline Chili.
To be fair, Skyline Chili is awful, I have no idea why Ohioans love it so much. But the point stands: ethno-cultural fusion (in ingredients, in concepts, in everything) is the most natural thing of all when it comes to food. This is some Plessy v. Ferguson shit right here.

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