C-Y Marie Chia & Shane Stanbridge Author Talk • Lion Dance Cafe Cookbook: 100+ Singaporean inspired recipes

C-Y Marie Chia & Shane Stanbridge — Lion Dance Cafe is known for their uniquely bold, flavor-packed "Authentic, not Traditional" meatless cuisine marrying James Beard semifinalists C-Y Chia and Shane Stanbridge's combined Chinese, Singaporean, and Italian heritages, with a fresh, farm-to-table approach. Since closing their Michelin-recognized restaurant, described as "revolutionary", at its peak, the chefs are now releasing their long-awaited first cookbook and preparing to relocate to C-Y's native Singapore.

Lion Dance Cafe Cookbook — For this first edition of our first -but not last- cookbook, we've concluded that going with our characteristic DIY approach would allow us to bring you a book that will be an authentic reflection of who we are, and of what you have come to love about Lion Dance Cafe. A way to better honor everything that has led to this point, and the continued support of our many regulars (both longtime and new), and of those who have cheered us on from afar through it all.

After a mini-guide to our fully vegan pantry staples, must-have pieces of cooking equipment and other short and sweet intros meant to get you all ready to dive in and start cooking, we get right into it. 100 recipes packed with our Italo Chinese Singaporean flavors, including our fiery sambals, "intoxicating(ly)" rich coconut laksa, chewy pandan nian gao, famous shaobing sandwiches, aromatic nasi lemak with jackfruit rendang, "unforgettable" mushroom goreng... you name it. Punctuated with tips and pointers, anecdotes about how a recipe came about, and other tidbits. But as always with us, it is really about the food. And our community.