Peacetime Kitchen : War Recipes Restored / writer, food stylist & photographer Christopher Tan.

Collection type	Library
Author	Tan, Christopher, author.; Wong, Hong Suen, 1978-, writer of foreword.; Tan, Christopher, writer of foreword, photographer.; National Museum (Singapore);
Call Number	641.595957 S944
Document type	Monograph
Year	2017. 017.
Pagination	14 recipe cards : illustrations (colour), portraits ; 22 cm.
Publisher	National Museum of Singapore,
Note	A special edition of the National Museum's popular book Wartime Kitchen: food and eating in Singapore 1942 - 1945, Peacetime Kitchen: War Recipes Restored celebrates the creativity of people who learned how to let scarcity be their inspiration, and how to use memories as their best seasoning. Includes bibliographical references. Wartime Kitchen : food and eating in Singapore 1942-1950 / by Wong Hong Suen. The recipes in Wartime Kitchen speak of necessary thrift and efficiency; of spinning straw into if not gold, at least brighter strands. Though no less temperate, the recipes we have newly chosen for Peacetime Kitchen cover a wider spectrum of variety, complexity and ingenuity. They stand as eloquent examples of how hardship, as it throws small mercies into sharper relief and streamlines the goals of a cook, can be a spark for culinary creativity. Their creators are diverse: a domestic science teacher w ith canny advice for home kitchens, prisoners of war consumed with food shortages and dreams of luxury unattainable, YWCA members of globe-spanning heritage and nameless refugees abiding damp jungle nights with hot cocoa.
Place made	Singapore :

Abstract

Foreword -- Lunch - Pork & pineapple curry - Dondeng - Curried beehoon & jackfruit - Coconut biscuits --Teatime - Scots egg - Maize scones - Banana marmalade - Hot cocoa with gula melaka -- Dinner - Crab curry - Stuffed brinjals - Savoury pork & noodles - Pulut hitam pudding -- Author & recipe sources.