Jun 22, 2018
Ahmed is on vacation, so he wanted y’all to hear his favorite
episode: Ghee is having a moment right now. People call it a magic
food that will melt your fat away. Kourtney Kardashian swears by
it. Whole Foods is selling it. And the marketing language always
comes back to how “ancient,” “pure” and “authentic” it is. And
Ahmed can’t stop thinking about it. So this week, we’re spending
the whole episode tackling one question: Why is this happening to
ghee? We do a taste test with the brain trust, chat with Food and
Fitness Director at SELF Magazine (and former BuzzFeeder) Sally
Tamarkin, NYU Food Studies Department chair Krishnendu Ray, and
Ahmed’s aunt Naheed Usmani to chew on it.
Read Ahmed’s essay:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ahmedaliakbar/tikka-masala-is-a-scam-and-other-lessons-from-pakistani?utm_term=.hdj0yqMp22
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