[Ads-l] gastrodiplomacy (2002), gastrodiplomat (2010)

[Mark Mandel]

The *Economist* article has this peculiar sentence:
>>>>>
It has been much encouraged that Tommy Tang, a Thai chef working in the
United States, has said that he plans to open 200-300 Thai restaurants
there during the next five years.
<<<<<
I cannot make any sense of "It has been much encouraged that Tommy
Tang[...] has said that ..."
Anyone?

Mark Mandel


On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 2:11 PM Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com> wrote:

> According to "The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai
> Restaurants in America” by Myles Karp (https://bit.ly/2pUTRJ4 <
> https://bit.ly/2pUTRJ4>, 29 March 2018), the reason for the high
> proportion of Thai restaurants in the US to the ethnic Thai population is
> due to gastrodiplomacy.
> ...
>
> 1. 21 February 2002 “Thailand’s gastro-diplomacy”: https://econ.st/2pXryt0
> <https://econ.st/2pXryt0>
>
>
>

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