#204 "The Origin of ‘Cuisine’" Log Line: When did cooking become cuisine? Was it in the Confucius Mansion 2, 500 years ago, and is Chinese cuisine really the biggest, the most expressive, and the most complex cuisine on the planet? Paragraph: Is Chinese cuisine, with its Confucian structure, really the origin of the world’s great cuisines? Christine challenges top chefs in France, England, Italy, Greece, the US, and Canada. Working with academics, chefs, food historians, and experts, Chef Cushing really sticks her neck out as she ventures into high profile kitchens, searching for connections and roots that might trace back to Confucius. Christine’s journey takes her to some of the most important culinary schools in the world, including Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and Alma Culinary Center in Parma, Italy. Significant and thought-provoking, this journey leads us to a deeper appreciation of our global connection to our stories, our cultures, our traditions, and how they are connected through food. We look at our world, it's ethnicities and its races, through a foodie filter.