Singapore, the edible city?


Foraging is the ancient practice of gathering useful flora and fauna for food, medicine or other art. — The Straits Times/ANN

IN a country governed by appetite, it is a delicious irony to find food hiding in plain sight.

All over Singapore – on common grass patches, roadside trees and sandy beaches – edible life flourishes, unnoticed by most. Only local foragers are exempt from ignorance.

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