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PAMELIA CHIA is a cook and writer born and raised in Singapore. Though a graduate with an Honors’ degree in Food Science and Technology, she decided to trade in her lab coat for chef whites. To encourage Singaporeans to return to the wet markets and be excited by regional produce, she wrote her first cookbook Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit & Vegetables. Her second cookbook Plantasia: A Vegetarian Cookbook Through Asia takes you on a journey to discover techniques and recipes that will completely transform the way you cook vegetables. Both books have become national bestsellers. Pamelia is also the author of Singapore Noodles, a newsletter with the mission of keeping Singapore’s food heritage alive. Her essays on hawker food ...more

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“I wanted to show young Singaporeans how these old-school ingredients, familiar to my mother and grandmother, can be jumping-off points for modern and exciting dishes. I write this book with a sense of urgency as these ingredients are fading from our markets, making room for air-flown tomatoes-on-vine, tomatillos or radicchio, as there is simply no demand.”
Pamelia Chia, Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables

“As much as it celebrates regional produce, this book hopes to be a young Singaporean's love song to the markets. In the course of writing this book, the market's beauty has grown on me. When I fumble with coins in my purse, the vegetable uncle always tells me that I can pay the next time. I learn cooking tips and recipes not only from the vendors, but also from fellow patrons - shopping at the wet markets is an interactive, immersive experience. I do not think I will ever tire of walking through markets, admiring the way the produce spills over baskets and cartons, relishing the way everything feels so organic, so raw and so real.”
Pamelia Chia, Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables

“I wanted to show young Singaporeans how these old-school ingredients, familiar to my mother and grandmother, can be jumping-off points for modern and exciting dishes. I write this book with a sense of urgency as these ingredients are fading from our markets, making room for air-flown tomatoes-on-vine, tomatillos or radicchio, as there is simply no demand.”
Pamelia Chia, Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables

“As much as it celebrates regional produce, this book hopes to be a young Singaporean's love song to the markets. In the course of writing this book, the market's beauty has grown on me. When I fumble with coins in my purse, the vegetable uncle always tells me that I can pay the next time. I learn cooking tips and recipes not only from the vendors, but also from fellow patrons - shopping at the wet markets is an interactive, immersive experience. I do not think I will ever tire of walking through markets, admiring the way the produce spills over baskets and cartons, relishing the way everything feels so organic, so raw and so real.”
Pamelia Chia, Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit and Vegetables

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