The Hunger Pang Gang

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A bowl of hot milky laksa, a tall tower of ice kachang, a jar of pineapple tarts. Mouth watering yet? This conversation is set to invoke a sense of pleasure in every foodie. We ask some festival authors about the joys of writing about food. What are some of their personal guilty pleasures?

This pre-recorded programme is co-presented with the Singapore Book Council.

Writers / Presenters

Chawadee Nualkhair

A freelance journalist specialising in food writing, Chawadee Nualkhair has lived in Thailand on and off since 1995. She currently lives in Bangkok with her husband and two children. Chawadee can claim expertise in her chosen field because she has been eating all her life.

Lara Lee

Lara Lee is a Chinese-Indonesian and Australian chef and food writer. She is author of Indonesian cookbook Coconut & Sambal, and a contributor for Bon Appetit, The Guardian, and The New York Times. Her book was named one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by NYT, Guardian, Eater, and more. Follow her @laraleefood

Christopher Tan

Writer, photographer, speaker and culinary instructor Christopher Tan has contributed to local and international publications for two decades. He has given talks on food and culture in Singapore, Australia, America, and France. His most recent cookbook, The Way of Kueh, was Book of the Year at the 2020 Singapore Book Awards.

Moderator

Sarah Huang Benjamin

Sarah Huang Benjamin is a chef, content creator, filmmaker and researcher who loves to eat. Having grown up in a mixed family in Singapore, her cooking is brazenly inauthentic, bringing flavours, techniques and ingredients from different cultures together in a riot of flavours, while celebrating where they come from.

SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL

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Writers / Presenters

Moderator

SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL