Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America · International and Area Studies Library · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

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Title: Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America
Author/Editor(s): Padoongpatt, Mark
Date: 2017
Publisher: Oakland, CA: University of California Press
Call Number: History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library E184.T4 P33 2017 ; Online
Catalog Link: https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99843708312205899
Description: "Flavors of Empire" explores the rise of Thai food in America, particularly in Los Angeles during the 1980s, and how it shaped Thai American identity. The book discusses how Thai immigrants adapted and marketed their cuisine to suit American tastes, and how these shifts in food culture reveal the racial and ethnic dynamics of the Thai American experience.