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Want food that's "American?" Try kimchi tacos and adobong baboy

The kimchi fried rice at Baroo was named the 2016 Dish of Year by Bon Appetit.
The kimchi fried rice at Baroo was named the 2016 Dish of Year by Bon Appetit.
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Want food that's "American?" Try kimchi tacos and adobong baboy

This Thanksgiving, you may think that sitting down to a traditional American meal means turkey and mashed potatoes. But in places like California, many Americans' families are recent immigrants who brought their cuisine with them.

Gabrielle Langholtz is author of "America the Cookbook." She joined Take Two's A Martinez to talk about the many different dishes that are both ethnic and American at the same time.