Food persists longer than other cultural traditions during immigrant assimilation
Vincent Kitirattragarn · Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn · Jan 24, 2022 · at 8:28
Dang Foods co-founder Vincent Kitirattragarn reflects on growing up as the child of Thai immigrants and how food preserves cultural identity.
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“When you move to a new country, you lose a lot of stuff, so you might change your name, and you might change the way you dress, and you might change the way you talk, because you have to learn a new language, but I think food is that one thing that sticks with you the longest”
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