According to a piece on infinitewalk, food culture treats tradition inconsistently. Carbonara is defended fiercely for authenticity—guarded recipes, protected methods, gatekeepers insisting on purity. But chicken rice? It's been adapted globally without complaint, remixed to suit every region. The essay asks why we defend some culinary traditions while cheerfully flattening others, and what these double standards reveal about how food becomes a tool for cultural ownership.

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