THE STORIES BEHIND THE FOOD
In every episode, one kitchen, one dish, one story. From the diaspora kitchens of Paris, told by the people who cook in them.
EVERY DISH HAS A JOURNEY.
Every day, Paris cooks food from all over the world. Recipes from Damascus, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Lhasa and Hanoi are made fresh each morning in small kitchens tucked into the corners of the city. The people who cook them — families, cooks working alone, second-generation kids — are rarely seen on camera.
Kitchen Nation goes into those kitchens. Each episode follows a single dish: the hands that make it, the kitchen where it is made, and the journey that brought it to this city.
WE GO BEHIND THE COUNTER
Every kitchen has its own rhythm, every cook their own measure. Below, the kitchens whose doors we have walked through so far.
DARA SOK
A cook who grew up in the shop his father opened still makes the same noodles in the same pot. The menu hasn’t changed; what has changed is who walks through the door.
THE NEXT KITCHEN COULD BE YOURS
If you have a kitchen in Paris and a recipe worth telling, let’s meet. A short message is enough; the rest we can talk about in person.