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Preview: Houston

Season 2 Episode 3 | 30s

Host Marcus Samuelsson visits Houston to learn more about food and community in the Nigerian and greater West African diaspora. Centered around the large Nigerian population but also focused on Senegalese, Ghanaian, and other West African cultures, the episode explores how West African immigrants preserve recipes and food traditions and re-contextualize them in the Houston dining scene.

Extras
Marcus learns about the area's Portuguese, Brazilian, and Cape Verdean food traditions.
Marcus learns about the city’s long-standing Chinese community and their food traditions.
Marcus meets friends new and old, and learns more about the city’s Italian food scene.
Marcus learns how to make khash (cow-foot soup) from L.A. surfer and chef Ara Zada.
Chef Alan Ji prepares lobster ma pa tofu for Marcus at Las Vegas restaurant Mott 32.
Professor Emeritus Sue Fawn Chung discusses the origins of Chinese immigration to the U.S.
Michael and Fernando Benevides show off the bacalhau storeroom at Portugalia Marketplace.
Vincent, Joseph, and Vincent Termini Jr. have a family tradition: baking perfect cannoli.
Francis Cratil-Cretarola, owner of Le Virtù, remarks on Abruzzian immigration to the U.S.
Chef Yong Liu discusses Sichuan flavors and prepares a couple Sichuan dishes.