How a Brief Bali Escape Changed One Woman’s Life
by : Joni Sweet | November 06, 2012 What started as a brief holiday in Bali in 1984 ended up transforming Janet DeNeefe’s life. She fell in love, not only with a man she would marry five years later, but also with the community, culture and especially cuisine of the island oasis. Almost 30 years later, Janet […]
Ohhhh Coto Makassar!
Makassar, South Sulawesi, just a one hour and three minute flight from Bali. Makassar is famous for Coto Makassar. What is it? Think of a meaty beef broth that is full bodied but refreshingly light. Street-side warungs on just about every corner sell it. In Makassar they are serious about Coto. Warung Coto Nusantara, […]
Nini Meneer
My journey over the past few weeks has been celebrating the culinary goddesses of Ubud, the women who have helped shape Ubud’s identity as the centre of all things gastronomic. You can bury any illusions of the glamorous Nigella Lawson twin-set types. These Ubud women are salt-of-the-earth mothers and gracious in their own right, running […]
Wish you were here…..
Dear Travellers Wish You Were Here…. in my little office in Ubud, Bali, that overlooks carved pavilions, stone goddesses and frangipani trees that come in all shades and fragrances. Just another day in paradise! So what brought me to the shimmering shores of this fabled island, I hear you ask? I fell prey to the […]
Curry
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life That’s Why I’ll Always Stay Around You Are The Apple Of My Eye Forever You’ll Stay In My Heart Stevie Wonder. Breakfast at the Four Seasons in Jakarta, the morning after the Jakarta Post 25th anniversary celebration with the effects of a few too many “sherbets” making […]
