Kristen Fischer (Instagram)
But the best part of her food comparison is that it’s uncomplicated: there are foods she misses from America, but there are also Indian staples she says she can’t live without. A famous American content creator Kristen Fischer, who has been living in New Delhi, has struck an interesting conversation about the very different food worlds she experiences between India and the U.S. She shared a post on her Instagram profile, comparing the two very different food cultures side by side. In her post, she writes that moving to India has not erased her love for American favourites. She described the variety, flavours and vegetarian choices as among the things she loved about Indian food. That makes her latest America-versus-India comparison feel less like a novelty and more like the next chapter of the same food journey. Yet her post does something important: it does not romanticise cultural adaptation. A bagel, for example, is not just bread. For someone raised around American food culture, it can carry the familiarity of home. The same goes for salsa and other foods that may be harder to replicate exactly when living thousands of kilometres away. They reveal how food travels with people, but also how people change through food. And perhaps that is the real winner in her comparison: not America or India, but having the best of both food worlds.
“I can’t live without my Indian food”, while admitting that she still enjoys a good bagel or salsa from America for a change.
One of her food videos went viral after she revealed that her children, who initially did not eat Indian food, now love it.
It is not really about deciding whether American or Indian food is “better”. That may be the most interesting part of her food story. Instead, it shows how living in another country can gradually change what feels like comfort food. Fischer lives in New Delhi with her family and over the years, her food habit has changed completely. There are videos on her profile showing her kids enjoying Indian meals ranging from everyone’s fav aloo paratha and poha to dal chawal.