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[email protected] Contents ISSUE 2 • 2012 Cover: Food styling and photography by Anton Kilayko. www.peranakan.org.sg 2 EDITORIAL 3 9 Life, a Celebration! DALAM DAPOR SPECIAL 3 Postcards from the Kitchen 9 The Pearl and the Lion 10 Unique Ingredients in Peranakan Cuisine BOOKS 13 Growing Up in a Nonya Kitchen 15 Peranakan Heritage Cooking 13 Extra: Menus for a President 27 28 FEATURES 16 Bridging the Bukit Heritage 17 Recording for Posterity 21 A Palace for the Dead CHAKAP CHAKAP 20 Grave Encounters ART 21 27 Cultural Colours EVENTS 28 Wangkang Wonderland 31 Fabulously Broadway Activities Galore Down Under 31 33 Chetti Cheer NOTICEBOARD 34 In with the New! 35 Peranakan Associations in the Region 36 DIRECTORY THE PERANAKAN ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE President: Peter Wee • First Vice-President: Alan Koh • Second Vice-President: Bebe Seet • Honorary Secretary: Lim Geok Huay • Assistant Honorary Secretary: Ee Sin Soo • Honorary Treasurer: Chan Eng Thai • Committee Members: Linda Chee, Angeline Kong, Emeric Lau, Edmond Wong, Alvin Yapp• For enquiries please contact Lim Geok Huay at 6255 0704 THE PERANAKAN MAGAZINE Editorial Advisers: Lee Kip Lee, Peter Lee • Editor: Linda Chee • Assistant Editor: Emeric Lau • Art Editors: John Lee & Ian Yap • Designer: Michelle Yap • Advertising Manager: Alvin Sng • Administrative Manager: Low Whee Hoon • Circulation Coordinator: Lim Geok Huay • Editorial & Photography Committee Members: Colin Chee, Ee Sin Soo, Jason Ong • Webmaster: Edmond Wong • For advertising, please contact Alvin Sng at 9839 8188 The Peranakan is published by The Peranakan Association Singapore, Raffles City PO Box 1640, Singapore 911755, Tel: 6255 0704.