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Singapore Writers Festival 2025: Chef-author Fuchsia Dunlop looks forward to eating in Singapore

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English chef and author Fuchsia Dunlop is one of the early champions of Chinese cuisine in the West, publishing her landmark Sichuan Cookery in 2001.

English chef and author Fuchsia Dunlop is one of the early champions of Chinese cuisine in the West, publishing her landmark book, Sichuan Cookery, in 2001.

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SINGAPORE – English author Fuchsia Dunlop is looking forward to the food when she comes to town for the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) 2025 in November. 

The 52-year-old says over a video call from her London home: “I’m always interested to experience food in its cultural and historical context. Singapore is so interesting because you have a collision of lots of different cultures. Although my focus has been on Chinese food in China, I’m completely fascinated by the intersection between Chinese food and Malay, Indian, South-east Asian.

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