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Fragrant Rice
by Janet De Neefe
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Features
Paperback: 307 pages
Publisher: Periplus Editions (October 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0794650287
ISBN-13: 978-0794650285
Product Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces ()
Book Description
When Janet De Neefe stepped off the plane in Bali in 1974, she felt an immediate connection to this island paradise. Though curious about Bali’s culture, its warm people and its mouth-watering cuisine, she didn’t expect to fall in love with a Balinese man and make a new life there.
Now, years later, Janet and her husband have four children and run two of the most successful restaurants in Bali. Janet shares entertaining stories of her immersion into another culture and way of life, along with insights into the ancient myths and rituals still alive in Bali today. She also passes on delicious recipes handed down through generations of her
husband’s family.
Fragrant Rice shows how the love, hope and warmth that makes this island such a special place is still very much alive today.
About the Author
Janet De Neefe earned a degree in Arts and Crafts at Burwood State College in Melbourne, before traveling to Bali where she met her husband. The owners of several restaurants and stores in Bali, De Neefe also runs classes on Balinese cooking, which are attended by visitors from all over the world.
Reader Reviews
I enjoyed this book although I often wondered why. Were the occassional strange sentence constructs Australian English or poor editing? Is it wise to give recipes using candlenuts many pages before the warning regarding raw candlenuts? What audience is De Neefe writing for in this part biography, part social anthropology, part food chronicle, part "if she writes once more that this is her kids' favorite" ... but her recipes are good. Then I changed my perspective to reading the book as I would read the travel & food articles in a magazine such as Gourmet. I relaxed and enjoyed the book for what it is - a very personal take on Bali and its foods by someone fascinated by the foods and the uses of food in the social structure. Not to mention that she is a good tutor for the basics of the Balinese taste, leaving one comfortable improvising before one has tried a single recipe. Bravo.
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Fragrant Rice
by Janet De Neefe
Available from Amazon
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