Sharon Wee: Growing up in a Nonya Kitchen

<p>This week, Gilly is with New York food writer, <a href="https://nonya.global" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sharon Wee</a> whose book <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Nonya-Kitchen-Sharon-Wee/dp/9814346365/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=130405467727&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4veMBhAMEiwAU4XRr9xIWftC7tXbMayu8qd7RgleZX7-KYyD_TUPn6bGJNQyXIijYahEehoC2-IQAvD_BwE&amp;hvadid=543293214845&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=1006871&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=6603415951415031108&amp;hvtargid=kwd-1436306856201&amp;hydadcr=28207_1821144&amp;keywords=growing+up+in+a+nyonya+kitchen&amp;qid=1637742906&amp;qsid=259-3057486-0302428&amp;sr=8-1&amp;sres=9814346365%2C1848993269%2C1529014069%2CB005JZD3B4%2C1784047392%2C0857837036%2C0008316317%2CB007BLO7PU%2C0141982543%2C0141194626%2C1784047457%2C1617741620%2CB00LOZXPPW%2C1482790947%2C1642651044%2C1495080676&amp;srpt=ABIS_BOOK" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Growing up in a Nonya Kitchen</a> tells the story of Peranakan cuisine, a largely unknown type of cookery from Singapore, Malaysia and Malacca which was part of a craft culture binding Chinese women, including Sharon’s mother, into the fabric of a very particular lifestyle.</p><br><p>Sharon’s book which first came out in 2012 in Singapore has become much better known as the subject of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/11/former-masterchef-contestants-book-pulled-amid-plagiarism-accusations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">plagiarism in an astonishing story</a> that has gripped the food community over the last few months.&nbsp;&nbsp;She’s not allowed to talk about it for legal reasons, and Gilly is much more interested in a food culture that was part of her early childhood in Penang, so here's the story of the nonyas and the babas and a little known cuisine.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>