Welcome to the kampong kitchen! In this post, we’ll explore the kampong kitchen, birthplace of Singapore cuisine, and what kampong cooks used to create tasty meals for their families! To learn more about Singapore cuisine history, please be sure to check out our previous post about Singapore food history and its origins. What’s in the…
Author: Maureen Ker
Singapore food history — what is a kampong?
Welcome to my kampong! This is a place where you’ll learn all about Singapore’s rich food history and it’s delectable cuisine! To begin, we’ll have to travel back in time, when Singapore was an island of rustic villages known as kampongs. Singapore kampongs Back in the 19th century when Singapore island was a swampy backwater,…
Human cockfights or sport?
Newsday March 11, 2008 By Maureen Ker Move over Rocky. Here comes MMA. Mixed martial arts — banned in New York and decried as “human cockfights” by Sen. John McCain — is going mainstream. MMA officials just launched a campaign to eliminate an 11-year ban on competitions in New York. On Friday, the sport will…
Majority rules?
Scholastic Math By Maureen Ker How many votes does it take to win the U.S. presidency? Read an electoral vote map to find out. Whether it’s choosing the next American Idol or deciding what’s for dinner, making decisions in a group often involves voting for your favorite. Whichever option receives the majority, or more than…
Meet the fortune-teller of Flushing
New York Daily News January 8, 2008 By Maureen Ker The middle-age man with a weather-beaten face crouches over a red book in a corner off the sidewalk and scribbles on a notepad, while a young woman sitting across him wears a worried expression. After an agonizing few minutes for the fidgeting woman, the man…
Acupuncture helps New Yorker get pregnant
Newsday March 13, 2008 By Maureen Ker Katia Frishman tried for four years to get pregnant and finally underwent in vitro fertilization, only to miscarry after three weeks. The 37-year-old Upper East Side woman and her husband didn’t give up, but decided to supplement their efforts with a method rarely mentioned in Western fertility clinics:…
Kampong Kitchen
Maureen Ker’s book, Kampong Kitchen, is an evocative culinary journey that brings the sights and smells of old Singapore to life. In this nostalgic trip to old Singapore, you’ll relive the days of rickshaws and water-hauling bullock carts, and nights filled with satay smoke and the clamor of street hawkers. Step into the Kampong Kitchen…