2.7 Migrant Cuisine in the Expat City with Vidya Balachander

Is there such a thing as a Dubai cuisine? What role do the migrants and expats of the Emirate play in curating this food culture? On episode 7 we see if Vidya Balachander can help us find some answers. The episode also features additional analysis from Steffen Hertog, Associate Professor in the Department of Government at LSE. Vidya is a food writer, editor and journalist currently based in Dubai. She is the South Asia editor of Whetstone Magazine, an American print magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture.

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2.7 Migrant Cuisine in the Expat City with Vidya Balachander is an episode from Instant Coffee by LSE Middle East Centre.

This episode is 22:39 long.

This episode was published on Sep 14, 2021.

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