Explore the food history of Singapore

Siam Society is holding a talk on “Migratory Feasts: Voices From The Kitchens Of Singapore” at its Lecture Room, 4th floor, on Jan 26 at 7pm.

It will be conducted by Anurag Viswanath, a Singapore-based independent writer who will take participants to explore gender, politics and economics through the vector of food, based on her new book of the same title.

Published last year, the book takes readers on a whirlwind gustatory and cerebral adventure across 16 kitchens in the simmering gastronomic melting pot of Singapore.

Each chapter is centred around a kitchen that serves as a jumping-off point to stories about the past, identity…