by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | Featured, Perspectives, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
By Andrea Wenzel Never before has it been so easy to locate the best carnitas, the creamiest hummus, or the spiciest pho. Global foodie-ism is a well-established phenomenon—replete with vibrant online discussion boards, splashy magazine spreads, and colorful reality...
by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | Featured, Perspectives, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
By Sam Chapple-Sokol Food can be used as a tool of public diplomacy, variously known as culinary diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy, and diplomatic gastronomy. It remains a new and understudied field, but the foundations have been laid and this current volume is a major step...
by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | Featured, Perspectives, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
By Francesco Buscemi This work aims to investigate the gastrodiplomatic objectives of food travelogues on TV, and more precisely of the food travelogue Jamieʼs Great Britain, presented by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Food travelogues are television programs in...
by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | At Post:, Featured, Interview, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
An interview with Indian Restaurateur Anita Jaisinghani Public Diplomacy Magazine editors Jocelyn Coffin, Emily Schatzle, and Colin Hale sat down with
Anita Jaisinghani, chef and owner
of Indika and Pondicheri in Houston, Texas, to discuss the growing
influence of...
by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | At Post:, Featured, Interview, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
AN INTERVIEW WITH FOUNDER JOHNNY HWANG Inspired by the lively and colorful night markets found in Taiwan, in 2012 Jonny Hwang and his friends started the 626 Night Market in the San Gabriel Valley, just east of Los Angeles. On weekend summer nights, 80 Asian street...
by pdmag | Mar 2, 2014 | At Post:, Winter 2014: Gastrodiplomacy
Together with his brother Pablo Campos and Orlando “Cricket” Miguel del Monte, Guillermo Campo opened Tacos Kokopelli, a taco stand on the streets of Tijuana. The stand, serves tacos cooked on a mesquite grill and is named after the Hopi god of fertility and mischief....
