Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is famous for incorporating global flavors into his “healthy” cuisine, but this time he might have taken things one step too far.
Oliver is being accused of “culturally appropriating” Jamaican “jerk” spices for his “punchy jerk rice” microwavable meal. But the weird thing is, there’s no such thing as “jerk rice,” and Jamaicans — and those familiar with Jamaican cuisine — are concerned Oliver doesn’t actually know what “jerk” spice really is (which means he probably can’t knowingly appropriate it).
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