From Island to Table: Taiwan’s Culinary Cultures and Food Diplomacy

Thursday, October 29 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

McLaren Complex — 251

Several Taiwanese dishes in the foreground. Handshake in the background.

Join the Center for Asia Pacific Studies and David Chih-Hsiang Wu, Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in San Francisco, for a flavorful exploration of Taiwan through the lens of food. Discover how Taiwan’s diverse history, cultures, and development have shaped its culinary traditions, and how food has become an important expression of Taiwan’s identity and an increasingly meaningful tool of cultural diplomacy and soft power.