Flavors of Empire - (American Crossroads) by Mark Padoongpatt (Paperback)

Flavors of Empire is a groundbreaking book that explores the history, politics, and tastes of Thai food in Los Angeles and America.

With a uniquely balanced combination of salty, sweet, sour, and spicy flavors, Thai food burst onto the culinary scene in the 1980s and has since become a staple of American cuisine.

This book examines how Thai food shaped the racial and ethnic contours of Thai American identity and community, and how it emerged as a central part of the Thai American experience.

Through vivid oral histories and new archival material, Flavors of Empire opens up the history and politics of Thai food for the first time, revealing how race emerges in seemingly mundane and unexpected places.

Don't miss out on this fascinating and delicious journey through the history of Thai food in America - order your copy of Flavors of Empire today!