{"id":2340,"date":"2020-09-14T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alumnus-writes-a-foundational-history-of-thai-americans-and-appears-on-taste-the-nation\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T18:49:18","slug":"alumnus-writes-foundational-history-on-thai-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/alumnus-writes-foundational-history-on-thai-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus writes a foundational history of Thai Americans and appears on \u2018Taste the Nation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n\n \n Alumnus Mark Padoongpatt was initially reluctant to write about Thai food, feeling it already dominated the narrative about the Thai American experience, but eventually found that food was an excellent tool to tell larger stories about his immigrant community. (Image Source: iStock\/ enviromantic.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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