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Chasing Taste is headed to Max. The brand new collection is impressed by Chef Carla Corridor’s e book of the identical identify, and it’ll observe Corridor as she travels the world to look at the roots of widespread American meals. Six episodes have been produced.
Max revealed extra in regards to the new collection in a press launch.
Movie star chef and best-selling writer Carla Corridor takes viewers on a worldwide journey to discover the surprising roots of widespread dishes inside right now’s American meals tradition on the unique Max collection Chasing Taste. Starting on February 1st observe alongside as Carla’s curiosity about America’s most scrumptious dishes from hen pot pie to ice cream leads her to Ghana, Italy, Turkey, and extra. Alongside the best way, Carla traces the historical past and lineage of dishes, discovering the interconnected, worldwide origins and cultures that paved the best way for right now’s American delicacies – as a result of in case you don’t know the historical past, then you definitely don’t know the dish. Be a part of Carla as she chases taste throughout the globe to learn how all of it comes collectively on the American plate.
“Chasing Taste brings collectively so most of the issues I’m captivated with. It’s about meals, and household, and sharing tales and historical past and journey. And extra importantly, giving credit score to the cultures that had a hand in a selected dish,” stated Corridor. “I’m actually happy with this present. Everybody concerned in making it, myself included, put their coronary heart and souls into it. It was a beautiful journey, and I can’t look forward to others to share it.”
All through the six half-hour episodes, Carla dives into American classics from shrimp and grits to scorching hen, to barbeque, and extra. On one episode, Carla is on an surprising dairy journey that takes her from america, to Italy, and to Turkey to find the origins of ice cream. Stopping on the prime ice cream spots in New York and Philadelphia, Carla learns the distinctive churning strategies used to offer the basic dessert its clean, creamy texture. Then, in Italy Carla will get a lesson on the distinction between ice cream and gelato, and in Turkey, Carla is sort of a child once more enjoying together with her meals as she uncovers a singular ingredient that offers ice cream its silkiness.
Carla’s travels don’t finish there as she goes on a taco journey to Mexico and discovers how a vertical flame helped cultures collide to create tacos al pastor. She additionally explores how Jamaica helped to form the flaky crust of hen pot pie, and in Ghana, she will get a spicy style of the roots of scorching hen with chef Eric Adjepong. With each chunk in each nation, Carla’s journey highlights the influences which have formed American delicacies.
Chasing Taste is produced by Fremantle’s Authentic Productions for Max.
The trailer for Chasing Taste is under.
What do you suppose? Are you planning to take a look at this new collection on Max in February?