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PAMELIA CHIA is a cook and writer born and raised in Singapore. Though a graduate with an Honors’ degree in Food Science and Technology, she decided to trade in her lab coat for chef whites. To encourage Singaporeans to return to the wet markets and be excited by regional produce, she wrote her first cookbook Wet Market to Table: A Modern Approach to Fruit & Vegetables. Her second cookbook Plantasia: A Vegetarian Cookbook Through Asia takes you on a journey to discover techniques and recipes that will completely transform the way you cook vegetables. Both books have become national bestsellers.

Pamelia is also the author of Singapore Noodles, a newsletter with the mission of keeping Singapore’s food heritage alive. Her essays on hawker food and Singaporean food culture have been featured on Channel News Asia.

She currently lives with her husband, Wex, in the Netherlands. You can subscribe to her weekly newsletter here for weekly updates and recipes.