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Balinese Food: The Traditional Cuisine & Food Culture of Bali

by Vivienne Kruger

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A culinary guide to Bali’s food traditions and cultural life

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A culinary guide to Bali’s food traditions and cultural life

Vivienne Kruger frames Balinese cuisine as part of the island’s religious observances, community life, and longstanding village traditions. Across more than 20 chapters, the book moves between practical food settings—the traditional kitchen, roadside warungs, and local markets—and dishes and drinks such as Balinese-style satays and kopi Bali. Interviews with Balinese cooks accompany more than 40 recipes, while dedicated sections on ingredients, equipment, and resources help place the recipes within their culinary context. The emphasis extends beyond individual dishes to the practices, places, and cultural connections surrounding food on Bali.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Home cooks interested in Balinese recipes and ingredients
  • Travelers seeking food-focused context for Bali
  • Readers interested in the relationship between cuisine, religion, and community life

Themes

Balinese cuisineFood cultureHindu religious traditionsMarkets and street foodTraditional cooking practices

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Book overview

Explore the exotic world of Balinese cooking--a cuisine dedicated to the gods and fueled by an aromatic array of fresh tropical island spices and ingredients!

In Balinese Food: The Traditional Cuisine & Food Culture of Bali, Dr. Vivienne Kruger brings to life Bali's time-honored and authentic village cooking traditions. In over 20 detailed chapters, Dr. Kruger explores how the island's intricate culinary art is an inextricable part of Bali's Hindu religion, its culture and its community life. This book provides a detailed roadmap for those who wish to make an exciting exploration into the exotic world of Balinese cooking, with chapters on:
  • The traditional Balinese kitchen
  • Snacking at a roadside warung food stall
  • Visiting a traditional Balinese market
  • Preparing delicious satays with a Balinese twist
  • Brewing heavenly kopi Bali coffee
Containing interviews with Balinese master cooks and over 40 of their favorite recipes, Balinese Food presents the full range of food experiences you will find in Bali. Sections devoted to ingredients, equipment, and resources make Balinese Food a delightful social and cultural guide to the food of this fascinating island.

"Balinese Food is an important contribution to the rapidly expanding scholarly study of foodways in various parts of the world--an important new subset of social and cultural history." --Alden T. Vaughan, Professor emeritus of History, Columbia University
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