Culinary diplomacy

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid offering rose honey to French President Emmanuel Macron in 2017

Culinary diplomacy, gastrodiplomacy or food diplomacy is a type of cultural diplomacy, which itself is a subset of public diplomacy. Its basic premise is that "the easiest way to win hearts and minds is through the stomach".[1] Official government-sponsored culinary diplomacy programs have been established in Taiwan, South Korea, [2] Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,[3] Lebanon,[4] Peru, Israel, the United States,[5] Cambodia,[6] Japan,[7] and Nordic countries.[8]

  1. ^ Rockower, Paul S. "Projecting Taiwan: Taiwan's Public Diplomacy Outreach." Issues & Studies 47, no. 1 (March 2011): 107-152.
  2. ^ "Culinary Diplomacy Served At Singapore Embassy". Asia Society. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Indonesia Spice Up the World was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Nohra, Rita (August 11, 2018). "Tasty Lebanon".
  5. ^ Chapple-Sokol, Sam (2013). "Culinary Diplomacy: Breaking Bread to Win Hearts and Minds". The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. 8 (2): 161–183. doi:10.1163/1871191x-12341244.
  6. ^ Siow, Maria (January 3, 2021). "Cambodia is taking a pungent, potent approach to food diplomacy: prepare for prahok". South China Morning Post. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Farina, Felice (2015-08-03). "Japan's gastrodiplomacy as soft power: global washoku and national food security" (PDF). Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia. 17 (1): 152–167. doi:10.17477/jcea.2018.17.1.152.
  8. ^ Nordic Council Of Ministers (2015). The emergence of a New Nordic Food Culture: Final report from the program New Nordic Food II, 2010–2014 (PDF). Nordic Council of Ministers. doi:10.6027/ANP2015-723. ISBN 978-92-893-4155-4.