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Eating her curries and kway : a cultural history of food in Singapore /

"While eating is a universal experience, for Singaporeans it carries strong everyday and national connotations. The popular Singaporean-English phrase "Die die must try" is not so much hyperbole as it is a reflection of the lengths that Singaporeans will go to find great dishes. In Ea...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tarulevicz, Nicole
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Audacious fusion : thinking about Singaporean cuisine
  • A brief history of Singapore
  • Making the past the present : food in a multiracial port city
  • Public spaces, public bodies
  • The kitchen : invariably offstage
  • Jam tarts, spotted dicks, and curry
  • The pizza of love
  • Picked in their fresh young prime
  • Food sluts and the marketing of Singaporean cuisine
  • More than just food.