Salted Squid Salad & Sesame-Lemongrass Dressing

Salted Squid Salad And Sesame-Lemongrass Dressing by Bali cook and author Janet DeNeefe. Bali has been home to Janet - The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. …

ByJanet DeNeefe5 days ago

Entertaining & Wine Food & Drink

Roasted Duck Breast With Tamarind-Chilli Sauce

Bali has been home to Janet DeNeefe - or The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. I am eternally fascinated with palm sugar and tamarind, and adore the marriage of these…

ByJanet DeNeefe31/05/2025

Entertaining & Wine

Janet DeNeefe’s Delicious Beef Curry Recipe Balinese Style

Bali has been home to Janet DeNeefe - or The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. In keeping with Hindu dietary restrictions, beef is seldom served in a Balinese household. That…

ByJanet DeNeefe31/05/2025

Baking Entertaining & Wine

Janet DeNeefe Shares Her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe

This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us including her Coconut Panna Cotta Recipe. INGREDIENTS 30gm white sugar 1/4 cup water 1 1/4 cup coconut milk 1 leaf of titanium strength gelatine or 2 teaspoons gelatine 2 fat pieces orange rind, grated 1 teaspoon vanilla…

ByJanet DeNeefe29/05/2025

Entertaining & Wine

Tasty Balinese-Style Paella Recipe By Janet DeNeefe

So here it is - Balinese-Style Paella Recipe! Casa Luna's signature dish, which was inspired by - you guessed it - a trip to Spain. I devoured paella nearly every day when I visited in 1991, and in Madrid in the midst of probably my tenth version, I had an epiphany, or rather one…

ByJanet DeNeefe28/05/2025

Entertaining & Wine Food & Drink

Queen of Ubud Janet DeNeefe’s Kintamani Fish Soup

Bali has been home to Janet DeNeefe - or The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. One weekend, Laksmi, my daughter, and I had planned a day out. During the morning,…

ByJanet DeNeefe06/02/2023

Entertaining & Wine Food & Drink

Janet DeNeefe’s Water Spinach In Tomato Sambal

Bali has been home to Janet DeNeefe - or The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. You haven't arrived in Indonesia until you've eaten kangkung! This very popular leafy green on…

ByJanet DeNeefe09/11/2022

Entertaining & Wine

Sambal Goreng – An Essential Part Of Every Balinese Meal

Bali has been home to Janet DeNeefe - or The Queen of Ubud - as she is fondly nicknamed - for over 20 years. This talented cook, restauranteur, author, artist, literary festival director, wife, mother, and practicing Hindu shares some of her favourite Indonesian-inspired recipes with us. I have to confess that I, and most Balinese I know, can't live without…

ByJanet DeNeefe12/10/2022