JANET DENEEFE

Author, cook, restaurateur and festival founder. More than forty years of food, culture and culinary adventure in Ubud, Bali.

Janet DeNeefe has lived in Ubud since 1984. She built Casa Luna, Indus Restaurant and Honeymoon Guesthouse, wrote Fragrant Rice and Bali: Food of My Island Home, founded two of Asia’s most celebrated cultural festivals, and leads culinary journeys through the Indonesian archipelago. This is where she shares recipes, stories and what’s next.

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The Ubud Food Festival celebrates Indonesian food and the people who cook it. Free entry at Taman Kuliner, Ubud.