The following is an edited interview between the founding President of the Council on Heritage and the Anthropology of Tourism (CHAT), Michael A. Di Giovine, and CHAT secretary Hannah Wadle. The discussion delves into why heritage is always a double-edged sword, the nuances of teaching heritage through eating in Italy, and how CHAT as the newest AAA section is responding to the complicated connection between heritage and tourism during the politically fraught 250 th anniversary of the United States. Credit: Michael A. Di Giovine Michael A. Di Giovine, Founding President of CHAT Michael Di Giovine is Professor of Anthropology at West Chester University Pennsylvania, directs the Museum Studies Program, and is the Director of the Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology of West Chester University. He has pioneered debates on tourism, heritage, pilgrimage and food research in anthropology and beyond, as a prolific author and editor.…