{"id":70980,"date":"2026-07-23T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70980"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T04:59:44","slug":"vintage-cookbooks-trace-hong-kongs-food-heritage-from-hakka-to-haute-in-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70980","title":{"rendered":"Vintage cookbooks trace Hong Kong\u2019s food heritage from Hakka to haute in new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Social media is full of cooking videos today, but it was not long ago that only those who had earned their stripes in a professional kitchen \u2013 and gained the approval of a publishing house \u2013 could create culinary content for the masses in the form of cookbooks.<\/p>\n

In Hong Kong, the 1960s saw an influx of immigrants and an expanding middle class whose interest in home cooking fuelled a surge in popularity of cookbooks and food-themed TV shows.<\/p>\n

This is the starting point of \u201cTreasured Recipes\u201d, a new exhibition at PMQ Taste Library in Hong Kong\u2019s Central neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

The first of three exhibitions under the library\u2019s new Guest Curator programme \u2013 in which different creators are brought in to explore the unexpected potential of the culinary arts \u2013 \u201cTreasured Recipes\u201d features an extensive archive of cookbooks<\/span>, from local to international and retro to contemporary.<\/div>\n
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An issue from Chan Wing\u2019s 30 Years in the Kitchen series features at the exhibition. Photo: PMQ Taste Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Home cooking in a bygone era<\/h3>\n

The first two sections of the exhibition, The Taste of Home and The Witness of History, centre on texts and photographs depicting Hong Kong domestic life in a bygone era and the familiar flavours of refined Cantonese cuisine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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