Welcome to Snapper Fridays, a new column at L.A. Taco suggested by L.A. Taco member Julio Trejo. In this emerging column, we make an exception to our generally positive posts and call things out for the greater good. For our first installment, we set a famous Food Network cooking show host straight on the institution that is pozole.
Beloved Food Network host Ina Garten is the latest casualty in the precarious world of food personalities suddenly crashing and burning when cooking Mexican food.
A cooking video that was posted on the Food Network’s page on Facebook last Friday showing Garten adding yellow bell peppers, black beans, tortilla chips, and green salsa to pozole has been causing anger and frustration for many Latinx followers. The date of the video post coincides with the kickoff of the biggest Hispanic Heritage Month in recent memory. Some, like Instagram user @hefty_7, have taken to using the slogan adopted by many other frustrated Latinx who are tired of their culture being appropriated—and capitalized on.
“The caucasity!”