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# The Melting Pot
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/episode/finding-your-roots-melting-pot/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:26:32.000Z
- Description: Three chefs cook the food of their ancestors.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, Season 2, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_b09052d4-3f56-430a-9a50-f74f04b620b3, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.16

Three celebrity chefs who cook the food of their ancestors discover family members who have shaped their lives — and America’s cuisine. Tom Colicchio of “Top Chef” learns of the hardships his family endured, Ming Tsai, finds that his roots can be traced back more than 2,000 years, yielding a large family tree and Aaron Sanchez relearns his family’s treasured and diverse Mexican roots.