Recipes for Life: Paige with Violet Oon
from Pass the Power with Paige Parker Hosted by Paige Parker
Known as Singapore’s grand dame of Nyonya food, Violet Oon shares with Paige the significance of learning to cook in the 1960s with her aunties, because her career-woman mother did not cook “and there were no videos then!”, and how she proudly represents Singapore’s food heritage around the world. Violet discusses her career, as a reporter, then food critic, turned culinary magazine publisher, before opening her first food store at Takashimaya, which failed. Today her famous namesake, Violet Oon Singapore, offers dishes rooted in Singapore’s rich history. Hear how as an indulged, only child, Violet was sent to a convent boarding school, since her parents did not want her prepared for a life of luxury, but instead ready for World War III. A proponent of not over-planning, Violet encourages creativity, and says as the world evolves, so must we. You’ll love her advice to stop with the selfies, and instead video your grandmother cooking! A heart-warming, thoughtful episode awaits with multi-hyphenate Violet and Paige, as together, they Pass the Power on to you. Thank you to Deity Mics and City Music SG for providing me with the equipment I use to record! Visit their pages at: https://www.facebook.com/deitymicsasia https://www.facebook.com/citymusicsg https://www.facebook.com/zoomsoundlab
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