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A Culinary Exploration: The Story of Taoyuan

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  USR Tamkang (U niversity Social Responsibility)  As part of the University Social Responsibility (USR) project, launched by the Ministry of Education (MOE), TKU faculty and students have worked together to care for the community, strengthen local cooperation, and assist in solving regional problems. Through such efforts, TKU continues to realize its educational vision. (Source HERE)   The FIRST Tamkang USR Culinary Explore which I was invited to and subsequently published an article "A  gastronomic recounting of the Sino-French War at Tamsui"  was a huge success which inspired several other Food-Tells-History programs in other parts of Taiwan since 2020. Ten Course -Ten Taoyuan Story My second Tamkang USR experience did not disappoint - it is a visual and culinary feast. Delightfully entertained and educated dining with established (and some country's best) historians in northern Taiwan, managers of iconic restaurants, owners and directors of national mus...