Aarón Sánchez Dishes On His New Spanish Language Show, El Sabor De Aarón - Exclusive Interview
What was the initial inspiration for "El Sabor de Aarón?" I live in a very interesting lens, because I'm bicultural. This show is something that really does a great job of capturing what the current Latino diaspora looks like as far as all the diversity and all these different faces from different parts of Latin America who are cooking fantastic food and highlighting them, and letting this show be the jumping-off point in that platform for them to start to get more attention that they rightly deserve.
This show is in Spanish, and you've talked in interviews before about the importance of second-generation Latinx folks keeping their language. I have an 11-year-old son who's starting out in his early years in an immersion school in Los Angeles to try to make sure that he has a grasp of the language. There's a saying in Spanish: "When you lose your tongue, you lose your country.
Do you think that Spanish language food media is going to expand in the US? Absolutely, because right now, we're living in a very interesting time where you have second-generation Latinos who are desperately trying to rescue their roots and going back for those authentic experiences and those authentic moments. On that medium, I really feel that the food will speak for itself.
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