Stephen Satterfield wants his meals to match his ideals

斯蒂芬·萨特菲尔德希望他的饭菜符合他的理想

How to Be a Better Human

自我完善

2023-03-27

29 分钟
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Stephen Satterfield, the host of Netflix docu-series “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” thinks the bananas in the U.S. are gross. Sure, they’re convenient to produce and ship commercially, but they’re fibrous, bland and maybe worst of all inescapable! They’re also just one example of how what we eat is shaped by culture, politics, and history. In this episode, Stephen explains why he uses gastronomy as a way to understand the world and shares how we can use food to empower people who grow and consume what we eat. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts

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  • Ted audio collective.

  • You're listening to how to be a better human.

  • I'm your host, Chris Duffy.

  • Before I moved to Los Angeles, I had never eaten armenian food before.

  • In fact, I would have been hard pressed to even tell you what an example of armenian food was.

  • But then I moved here, a city with a large, thriving armenian population.

  • And a friend took me to this restaurant called Jengelov Hats.

  • It's the name of the restaurant.

  • It's also the name of the only thing they serve at this restaurant.

  • And a jengle of hats is a kind of griddled flatbread that's filled with all sorts of minced greens and herbs.

  • You walk in, and since they only serve one thing, the only question they ask you is how many.

  • I loved it.

  • I loved it instantly as soon as I walked in.

  • And then I tasted one of these jengle of hats.

  • And it was this subtle, delicious combination of flavors that I had never had before.

  • And look, it's not like I can say that I've been to Armenia.

  • Now I haven't.

  • But I definitely feel a sensory connection to the place and to the culinary tradition that I never did before I ate my first hats.

  • To me, that is the power and the magic of food.

  • Today's guest, Steven Satterfield, is the host of Netflix's high on the hog for that show and for his other work as a food writer and documentarian, he has searched out and reported food stories all over the world.