Janet DeNeefe | About Janet DeNeefe I have been told my life is a fairy-tale but my story is simple. Born in Melbourne, Australia, I met a Balinese man from Ubud in 1984, and without much thought, moved to this charming hillside town and threw myself into a new life. Janet DeNeefe | To Stir with Love Welcome In 1984 I landed in Bali on a mission to learn about the food I had devoured on my first visit in the 70's. I returned to Ubud, met Ketut, a Balinese man and my future husband and without much thought and with gilded stars spinning in my eyes, moved to this charming hillside town.
The Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Endures An Interview with
Janet DeNeefe is a bakery, restaurant and hotel owner in Ubud, Bali, where she has spent the last three decades impressing guests in her Balinese hometown. Posted at 17:06h in Food, Recipes by janet 0 Comments. 1 cup glutinous black rice, soaked overnight 3 tablespoons regular white rice, soaked for 1 hour 600 ml water 4 x 150 g Salmon fillets, skin on Sea Salt 5 tablespoons butter 4 medium leeks, finely sliced 3 tablespoons seeded mustard 2 tablespoons lime juice 4 Kaffer lime leaves 500 ml. Melbourne-born Janet DeNeefe, Founder and Director of Ubud Food Festival and Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, has lived in Bali for more than three decades. Her latest book is Bali: Food of My Island Home, following her memoir Fragrant Rice. She is also the owner of Casa Luna, Indus Restaurant, and Honeymoon Guesthouse and Bakery Melbourne-born Janet DeNeefe, Founder & Director of the Ubud Food Festival and Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, has lived in Bali for more than three decades. Her latest book is Bali: Food of My Island Home, following her memoir Fragrant Rice. She is also the owner of Casa Luna, Indus Restaurant, and Honeymoon Guesthouse and Bakery in Ubud.
DeNeefe To Stir With Love
Melbourne-born Janet DeNeefe is the visionary Founder and Director of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Crafted in the wake of the 2002 Bali Bombings, she created the festival as a beacon of hope, aimed at rebuilding both the community spirit and economy after this tragic event. Janet DeNeefe:: Well the dates are 8 until 17 October and some of the bigger names…. we have Julia Baird from Australia who is fantastic. Her book is gobsmacking. We have Viet Thanh Nyuyen, Vietnamese/American author, really impressive guy. We have ADA Limon, who's a fantastic poet from the states. Amitav Ghosh, Ruth Ozeki, Desi Anwar. Janet De Neefe - the driving force behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. In this insightful interview with Janet De Neefe, the driving force behind the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF), we gain a deeper understanding of the festival's origins and its profound impact on literature, arts, and Indonesian culture. Janet DeNeefe is a legend when it comes to food in Bali With international chefs, world-renowned restaurants, and a food festival, Bali is rivaling other world class destinations in the culinary stakes. We chat to famous Bali restaurateur, Janet DeNeefe, to hear her thoughts on this foodie's paradise, in paradise!
Meet DeNeefe, Founder of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
Janet DeNeefe first encountered Bali when she was fifteen and, returning in 1984, fell further under its spell when she met her husband and decided to stay for good. Since then she has opened. Janet DeNeefe | Books "THE BEST IN THE WORLD 2012" | COOKBOOKS SHORTLIST - THE FINALISTS Title of the Book: Bali.The Food of my Island Home CONGRATULATIONS Bali: The Food of My Island Home written by Janet DeNeefe nominated for category C08-Best Asian Cuisine Book of the Gourmand World CookBook Awards for "Best in the World" 2012.
We spoke with Janet DeNeefe, founder and director of the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. Now in its fifteenth year, the festival will occur October 24-28 in Ubud, Bali. Check back on WWB Daily for festival coverage. Words Without Borders (WWB): You created the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival fifteen years ago. Can you speak Janet DeNeefe's story is so much more than a boy-meets-girl fairytale, but that's certainly how it started. Born in Melbourne, she met Ketut Suardana in Bali in 1984 and moved to Ubud soon after. Over the last 30 years, the couple has run Casa Luna , accommodation with a Balinese cooking school and restaurant attached, as well as Indus.
Ubud, Bali Restaurant & Hotel Owner DeNeefe Four Seasons
Janet DeNeefe Chef, author and entrepreneur Everything we do boosts the local economy and brings an enormous, revitalised spirit to our town. Tell us your story - how did you get here? My dad brought the family to Bali on a holiday in January, 1975. He decided it was time to have a tropical adventure - and that it certainly was. A native of Melbourne, Australia, Janet DeNeefe found herself captivated with Bali when she first traveled to the island with family in 1974, and on a return trip in 1984, fell in love once again — this time, with a particular person, as described by an article published on the Four Seasons:
