Which Mark Padoongpatt book is cited in Pad Thai's Wikipedia references?

The Mark Padoongpatt book cited in Pad Thai’s Wikipedia references is *Flavors of Empire*.

The full title is *Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America*. Mark Padoongpatt’s book examines how Thai food, restaurants, immigration, race, and American cultural politics became connected, especially in the development of Thai American identity.

The Pad Thai article cites the book for Padoongpatt’s discussion of the dish’s relatively modern history. Although stir-fried rice noodles reached Thailand through older regional culinary exchanges, the dish commonly known today as pad Thai emerged in the 20th century and became associated with Thai nation-building.

A common mix-up is assuming that every title containing “Empire” or “Thai food” is the cited work. “The Taste of Empire” and “Thai Food” are not the reference listed for Mark Padoongpatt; the cited title specifically uses the plural “Flavors.”