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Fragrant Rice: My Continuing Love Affair with Bali

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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.



DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641
EAN: 9780794650285
ISBN: 0794650287
Label: Periplus Editions
Manufacturer: Periplus Editions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2006-10-15
Publisher: Periplus Editions
Studio: Periplus Editions


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• A Little Bit One O'clock: Living with a Balinese Family
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• Bali and Lombok (Eyewitness Travel Guide)
• Bali & Lombok (Regional Guide)


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Bali insights
Comment: I enjoyed reading this book while traveling in Bali because it shed light on Balinese customs, cooking, and community life from the perspective of an Australian learning how to assimilate into her husband's culture and to grow a successful business together in the Honeymoon Guesthouse (now expanding to a second guesthouse) and their several restaurants that are popular with visitors and locals alike. I also enjoyed reading the recipes. Fun travel reading and a good souvenir to help you try to replicate Balinese dishes at home.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Think book length cooking magazine article
Comment: 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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