Wow, I lurk here and now I'm glad I do because if ad hominem posts like this are tolerated, I'd never survive here. What else but personal experience would one use to form an opinion on this? Why is that "over the top"? I do it myself all the time. I didn't think there was something wrong with it. People can notice tendencies if they are aware enough to notice them.
I agree with the opinion that Americans in general won't take to certain foreign foods no matter what. The only exotic foods we tend to open up to are the ones that don't offend our core taste preferences. I think every culture has core taste preferences. Someone has probably written about them. I read somewhere once that Americans don't tend to like bitter foods among other things. And just because we've opened up to some exotic cuisines in recent years doesn't mean there's hope for all of them.
I agree that some foreign cuisines are gaining in popularity, however I don't think they are popular enough right now to get the kind of ratings they'd need to be on Food Network. And I think that's really the point here.
I love this YouTube: