"Taste the Nation is a combination of visually enticing travel, sociopolitical commentary on cultural identity, and, of course, enough delicious-looking dishes to have foodies salivating every other minute…

One of the most timely episodes of Taste the Nation highlights the Gullah Geechee community, who reside in the coastal Carolinas. Stolen from West Africa and shipped across the Atlantic, their enslaved ancestors were responsible for the region’s thriving economy, as their agricultural knowledge was transformed into forced labor on the rice fields. Now, that same rice is the basis of Gullah dishes like gumbo and red rice, which later turned into classic Southern staples. Southern food as we know it wouldn’t exist without Gullah culture and the Gullah people are determined to preserve their Black history."

— VULTURE