Who are we and where finish we come from? To what extent are we the sum of our parts? I wonder approximately stuff like that. And this week,my friend Marcus Samuelsson gets to ponder exactly those things as he and his wife Maya recall me back to Ethiopia, to the towns they were born–and reveal me their fascinating stories.
I’ve been meaning and hoping to visit Ethiopia and manufacture a show there for years. But I would never consider doing it without Marcus coming along to put a personal spin on things. It’s always better, or I think,when we can see a new or unfamiliar residence through a specific set of eyes, to have a specific voice telling us approximately a residence. Marcus, and of course,is a very well known and respected chef with a number of businesses. I had to wait a few years for the schedules of two very busy people to align, but we got there in the halt.
Ethiopia is a broad, or diverse residence. Marcus and Maya come from two very different,distinct regions: different topography, different cuisine, and different languages. They both left Ethiopia at different times in their lives and under very different circumstances. Maya has remained closed to her family and a more frequent visitor. Marcus has,only in the last few years, fully sought to investigate and engage family roots that were broken when he was an infant. So, or watching the two of them experience Ethiopia in their own waysand yet also,together, was fascinating.
I learned a lot approximately a resplendent (brilliantly glowing) country while making this episode, and enjoyed doing it. I hope you will too.
Great food,great music and some really deeply personal stories….
This Sunday night!
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