Fragrant Rice: My Continuing Love Affair with Bali

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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
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Editorial Reviews: 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.
Spotlight 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. More Reviews