TW Lim Author Talk • Little Perfections: Eating in Singapore

TW Lim writes about food and value — “the regard that something is held to deserve." Together with his wife, he was chef-owner of Journeyman, in Somerville, MA, from 2010 to 2017. He writes primarily on his Substack, Let Them Eat Cake, and his writing has also appeared in Vittles, Cook’s Illustrated, the Art of Eating, Scope of Work, the Mekong Review, and the Boston Globe. Born and raised in Singapore, he now splits time between Cambridge, MA and Falls Church, VA. 

Harold McGee is the author of the award-winning books On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen and Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells. 

Little Perfections: Eating in Singapore —  Little Perfections romps through the hawker centres, home kitchens, and restaurants of Singapore, tasting everything and chatting with the cooks. Eating guide, portrait, cookbook, confession, this collection is an insider’s tour of Singaporean food – and Singaporean society. In a country where food is identity, how do we decide what our food is worth?