Hawker Colours: Melamine Tableware in Singapore Colour:Pink Little Jack travels back in

Little Jack travels back in time to find himself in an ancient and very famous Chinese painting

they constitute a compelling portrait of the artist’s gentle spirit

spent a lifetime compiling her own collection of family recipes

all spiced with whimsical humour

Chief judge for Singapore Literature Prize (Non-Fiction)

Hawker Colours: Melamine Tableware in Singapore Colour:Pink Little Jack travels back inDescription Look inside the magazine They refer not to the green of chendol or the red of mee goreng but the riot of colourful melamine plates and bowls in which many hawker dishes in Singapore are served today. Red, green, yellow, purple, pink, and more! These colours defy conventional aesthetic sensibilities, and yet they have become entrenched in local hawker centres and coffee shops. Hawker Colours retraces their origins and mass adoption, and