The Cultural Invention of Thai Royal Cuisine in a Creative-Economy Context

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Supawat Namkham
Sisikka Wannajun

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This article focuses on the cultural invention of Thai royal cuisine in a creative-economy context. Employed qualitative research under the inventive and creative-economy conceptual framework. Data collection was conducted by interviewing 37 people via purposive sampling along with data from the documents. Descriptive analysis was carried out to interpret and present the results. The research findings indicate that cultural invention of Thai royal cuisine in a creative-economy context drew on the existing cultural heritage of food wisdom and added value involving selected items. Consequently, certain characteristics of such cooking were adhered to less strictly because of the changing economic and socio-cultural conditions.

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