According to CNN, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has a new 10-episode series called "Taste the Nation." It is streaming on Hulu. <br />In her series, she tries to tackle the questions: "What exactly is American food?" and "..What makes us American?"<br /> Lakshmi came to live in the United States from India when she was 4-years-old. <br />She says that there's one simple ingredient that makes American food great, and it is immigration.<br /> Lakshmi says, ""The show was designed for people who don't think like me, who don't think that immigration is a good thing..."<br />In the show, she travels across the nation, sampling different cuisines and talking to the people who make them, from burritos to dosas to kebabs.<br />She says that she hopes that Taste the Nation gives viewers a clearer idea of what immigration feels like.<br />She adds, "And looks like in a human way, on the ground, in people's daily lives."
