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Explore | Flavours
FEEDING THE NATION
Tempeh – the Javanese Treasure
Words by Theodora Hurustiati
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Theodora
Hurustiati
Theodora Hurustiati
is a chef and food writer
based in Italy. Born in
Jakarta to a multicultural
family, she embraced
diversity from an early
age, and uses her love of
food from around the
world as a way to bring
cultures together – as she
did with her former column,
Taste Bud, for The
Jakarta Post. Her proudest
culinary achievement
was when she cooked
Indonesian nasi tumpeng
at the United Nations
office in Vienna, Austria.
Theodora Hurustiati
adalah chef dan penulis
kuliner yang berbasis
di Italia. Lahir di Jakarta
dalam keluarga yang
multikultural, ia tumbuh
dalam keberagaman.
Ia memilih kuliner dunia
sebagai misi dan alat
untuk mewujudkan
perdamaian, seperti
yang ia lakukan lewat
Taste Bud, kolom
yang pernah ia kelola
di The Jakarta Post.
Baginya, pengalaman
paling berkesan adalah
saat ia memasak
nasi tumpeng di kantor
PBB di Wina, Austria.
1 An array of home-cooked
lauk, dishes accompanying
rice using tempeh as the main
ingredient.
2 Tempeh: from the humble
soy to the versatile and highly
nutritious food.