Janet's Recipes

Food has always been at the heart of everything I do. These recipes are drawn from decades of cooking, travelling, and falling deeper in love with the flavours of Bali and the Indonesian archipelago. I hope they bring a little of that magic into your kitchen.

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Janet DeNeefe

Author, cook, and founder of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival and Ubud Food Festival. Based in Ubud, Bali, where I have been cooking, writing, and sharing the flavours of Indonesia for over 40 years.

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Bali: The Food of My Island Home
Bali : The Food of My Island Home
Nominated for Best Asian Cuisine Book of the Gourmand World CookBook Awards for “Best in the World” 2012.

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