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Wartime Kitchen: Food and Eating in Singapore, 1942 – 1950

Wartime Kitchen: Food and Eating in Singapore, 1942 – 1950

Wong, Hong Suen

Format: Print Book

ISBN: 9789814217583

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This popular book captures the resilience and adaptability of a people faced with limited resources and shortages during the Japanese Occupation and post-war Singapore. Presenting in-depth research alongside anecdotes, personal reminiscences and a collection of wartime recipes and food-related vignettes, Wartime Kitchen vividly documents a crucial decade in Singapore’s history with a particular emphasis on eating – an activity famously high in the priorities of Singaporeans.

Language: :English
Number of Pages: :144
Format: :HB
Imprint: :(NMS) National Museum of Singapore
Publication Date :2006




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