66: What Singapore’s prison cooking culture reveals about the human spirit Sheere Ng, author of When Cooking Was A Crime and co-founder of In Plain Words

Sheere Ng: “Our understanding of inmates is they are either repentant or incorrigible. It’s black and white. But I think that the masak shows them to be abit more multifaceted, showing them to be loyal but ill-disciplined, angry but funny as well. I learnt something from trying to understand masak, and I simply wanted to tell that story…” Sheere Ng, author of When Cooking Was A Crime and co-founder of In Plain Words shares about the twists and turns in her career, plus: *How her love for food began* *Her journey into food writing* *Her experience as a food editor of Makansutra* *Working in the hospitality industry* *Where she got the idea for writing about prison food culture* *Why inmates cook in prison* *Food that Singaporean inmates were cooking in prison* *How writing the book helped her understand inmates better* *How she decided on food writing* *The importance of satisfying her curiosities and doing food research* *Challenges as a food researcher* *The importance of bilingualism* *What is Singaporean food* Sheere Ng’s book: Singapore Noodles: @sgpnoodles Singapore Noodles newsletter:

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66: What Singapore’s prison cooking culture reveals about the human spirit Sheere Ng, author of When Cooking Was A Crime and co-founder of In Plain Words is an episode from The Singapore Noodles Podcast by Singapore Noodles.

This episode is 45:06 long.

This episode was published on Jan 13, 2022.

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