Tag: cooking
-
Provision Shop
“People in the older generation still buy all the individual ingredients to make soups and curries— they know the recipes well and have more time to cook, but younger people prefer using premade mixes where the spices are already combined. They are busier, and maybe they are not as familiar with the recipes. So we sell…
-
Spice of life
Poonam runs a provision shop selling Indian ingredients in a market cluster where you can find hawkers selling fruits, poultry, vegetables, dried beans and other goods for the kitchen. Her shop was open for less than a year at the time of interview, and this is her first business. Poonam does not need to work…
-
Dry Season
Ah Xin began working in the provision shop as a sprightly 10-year-old, enthusiastically helping her parents. Fast forward fifty years, and her vibrant spirit still shines through as she stocks her cozy little store with an array of dried and preserved goods: dried red chilli, dried fish, dried mushrooms, dried chrysanthemum flowers, dried tofu… you get…
Shopkeeper Stories 