When Kristen Kish, winner of the top boss 10 and now his host, traveled to South Korea in June 2022, she was nervous. The celebrity chef, who was adopted by an American family after four months, had never returned to her country of birth – and was not sure what she would find, feel or even understand that she was, and yet not.
“I thought I should feel this wave of emotions of” Oh my god, I’m at home “. I thought I should look into the world of Korean people and belong to me.” I felt more like a tourist and a visitor, which I was and was certainly. But I felt guilty not to feel these feelings. “
She took a few days to see that she couldn’t force emotional revelation. “I have nothing to do that I have less respect for where I come from. I need time to discover it,” she says. But there was a moment that gave her what she didn’t know. As she visited a hand -carved stamp shop, she decided to make one with her Korean name. When the shopkeeper asked her what it was, she hesitated to tell her adoption history nervous.
“I didn’t want to feel like being judged. But he said:” You belong here, “she takes a break, her voice catches. “That was the moment of the trip for me.”
History has not managed to be accidentally published in the past month, but it speaks with her unlikely journey – one shaped by chance and intention, clarity and ambiguity. In the book, Kish shares more about growing up as a Korean adoptier in a white family in the middle west, navigates her queer and Korean identities and increases to become one of the best -known chefs on television.
In our first episode of Fam Style, Kish and I sit down to talk about how Korean food helped her to combine with her legacy, the idea of belonging and the complex trip – about a meal that tastes like a memory.
Fam Style shines in the changers of the Asian American and Pacific islanders (AAPI) in entertainment, food, art and culture. We sat down with creators, artists and innovators about meals in AAPI restaurants to talk about identity, ambition, community and the stories that shape us. Through intimate conversations and the language of food, we emphasize the nuance, joy and resilience in the AAPI experience – one dish after another.
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