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Accompany our founder, Chef Crystal Chiu, as she travels across the Indonesian archipelago in search of local food, ingredients and cuisine.
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Video | Kenari Nuts How-to
Here’s an ingredient you can’t find in your local grocery store, not even in Indonesia — the kenari nut. After our visit to Pulau Alor in NTT, we foresee this nut becoming the next biggest star in the global food market very soon. Be one of the first to learn about how it is harvested …
Special Feature and Recipe | Paula Wolfert on Indonesian Cuisine
In 1971, an American woman sought out traditional Indonesian recipes while living in New York City. She printed out the instructions with photos included, packed them into boxes with corresponding ingredients, and mailed the packages to intrepid American households willing to recreate them. “Impossible!” I thought. Who was this woman? Paula Wolfert.
Recipe | Sambal Suna ft. Kalimantan Tengah
There were too many men. I had become accustomed to spending quiet, intimate moments with grandmothers, mothers, wives, aunts and daughters in village kitchens across Indonesia in the preceding months. It was a natural connection — woman to woman — and put me at ease, especially because I was a lone, female traveler. I felt …
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Recipes
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We’ve gathered recipes, both traditional and inspired, from our travels. Click here to discover and read the stories behind how we collected them from our new friends.
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Attention! Geography lesson needed.
Indonesia, or the Indonesian archipelago, is broken down into 7 islands or group of islands.
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Who is behind ASLI FOOD PROJECT?
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