Editorrama@merempah.com
Qisthi Ramadhani
Qisthi Ramadhani, known as Rama, is a full stack developer based in Magetan, East Java. Rama edits merempah and builds the site and the research tools behind it.
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About
merempah is an English field guide to Indonesian spices: what they are, where they grow, and the dishes they make, island by island.
The name
EntryKBBI
merempah (v.)
1to season with spice
2, archaicto roam, to wander
In Indonesian, merempah means to season food with spice. In an older sense, recorded as archaic in the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, it also meant to roam. This atlas tries to do both: travel the islands, and come back with what they cook.
The editors
Editormufa@merempah.com
Mufattichatus Shobairin
Mufattichatus Shobairin, known as Mufa, keeps a daily video diary of home cooking, food trips and quiet mornings, shared as #ceritamufa. Mufa cooks Indonesian home food like sayur lodeh and has one stated ambition: to become "a great storyteller." Mufa is one of merempah's two editors.
Sources first
Every page lists its sources, and every number, date and quote should trace back to one. Where sources disagree, we say so.
Images, credited
We use public-domain botanical plates, openly licensed photographs credited beside each image, and our own maps and drawings.
How we make videos
Our Field Notes videos use a synthetic narration voice and illustrations where no licensed photo exists. The real photos are on the matching page here.