To The Bone

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Your Experience Does Not Negate Mine

Your Experience Does Not Negate Mine

Gatekeepers of cuisine (me included) need to chill out and open their minds

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Hank Shaw
Nov 01, 2022
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It happens to me all the time. I post or talk about a recipe or dish that I have either researched extensively, or have eaten in its “native habitat,” and someone gaslights me, telling me that what I have posted or experienced somehow isn’t real, isn’t authentic.

This is maddening.

Let me be clear: Your experiences do not negate mine, and vice versa.

Whi…

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