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April 8, 2019
Food truck pioneer Roy Choi's TV show, "Broken Bread," announced 11 months ago, will be making its debut in mid-May, according to Variety. "Broken Bread" is set to debut on May 15 on PBS channel KCET in Southern California and on Tastemade TV's streaming platform, and will be available soon after on Link TV, DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as at brokenbread.tv and on the free PBS app.
Choi recently released an 84-second preview of the show on Youtube.
In the clip, Choi touches on most of his usual talking points: street food, nourishing and feeding people, challenging conventional thought, having a purpose, the connection between health and food, community, social justice, breaking bread and being a voice for the people.
"Hopefully through the show you'll meet a lot of people who are out there every day trying to make a difference without any investors or big machine behind them, waking up and loading their car and putting love into the universe," Choi told Variety.
As far as individual episodes, Variety said the series will cover issues like waste, immigration and sustainability. "The first installment looks at the power of cooking to help rehabilitate those on the margins of society," the trade publication stated. "Other episodes investigate bringing healthy food options to communities that lack fresh food; the future of food using non-traditional protein sources and meat replacements; solutions to food waste; and cannabis culture, including an interview with Cheech Marin."
Additionally, the final episode of the season will look at the "real" story behind Locol, the restaurant Choi opened in Watts.
