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Oh yes, and (as you could tell if you were psychic) that was kind of my point: I'm not sure it's any more respectful to copy a recipe exactly than to be inspired and make something random, or to make an "authentic" hybridisation (as with me making Tex-mex food)

I read an interesting article about cultural appropriation of food ages ago, I think it can be an issue but it's not very clear cut. Certainly I think it's bad to claim to be authentically X when you're not, but beyond that..I dunno :)