Famous food personality, Andrew Zimmern, recently came under fire for critiquing Asian American cuisine—PF Chang’s. Read this before moving on: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andrew-zimmern-bizarre-foods-apologizes_us_5bfea676e4b0d23c2138af4f (Links to an external site.). Thinking of Hapa Grub (the reading from Gaskins), Zimmern’s critique, and the response to Zimmern’s remarks, write about what “authenticity” means—what requirements must food hit in order to be considered authentic? How might what is considered authentic change over time and what impact does that have?
