"I got 99 problems but a meal ain't 1"
Self-Taught Vegan Chef :: Food Network Champion :: TV Host
I haven’t written on here in a long time and it’s for good reason – this year hasn’t been like any other – in good and bad ways! What would life be, if not for ups and downs, right? But I couldn’t let another year go by without my annual “X things I accomplished in …
Every year – at the end of a year and start of a new year – I make it a point to outline all of my accomplishments. This is in no way meant to be a brag, rub in someones face or show-off about. This is about taking a moment to think back on every …
You read that right. I was on two of the largest American daytime TV shows in the span of three weeks cooking up a storm of recipes from my debut cookbook The Modern Tiffin! I was on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Monday October 25th and the TODAY Show on Thursday November 18th. And in …
I cannot believe I am saying these words, but I am hosting my first ever debut cookbook launch party in partnership with Our/NewYork in Chelsea, Manhattan and YOU’RE INVITED! That’s right! The party is on Nov 2 – the day my book is published, hits bookshelves worldwide and you will receive it in your mailboxes …
Every culture has some form of “pickling,” mainly to help preserve fruits and vegetables over a long period of time. Indians have been pickling veggies and fruits for thousands of years and are known to be one of the oldest cultures to be pickling. There are dozens, if not, hundreds of varieties of pickles within …
A lot of people publish books, let alone cookbooks….or so it seems, right? But in actuality, less than 1% of the world population has published a book. So while it may seem like “everyone” now-a-days is publishing a book, that’s really not the case. And I want to take this time to share why it’s …
I am taking zero-waste cooking too far…or am I? Ok but hear me out, cause I think this is a great idea. Usually when I’m out and about in the city and if I know I’m going to have a busy day running around, I rarely drink a lot of liquids. For the obvious reasons …
I love pasta salad. My Maa made a ton of it when I was little. It’s really easy to make and back in the 90’s when salad dressing mixes in the packet were popular, it was a really easy solution for a busy mom of 3. You can make it ahead of time, store it …
I am on my continued mission of cooking not only vegan cooking, but sustainable cooking, via zero-waste concepts. If there is anything you can do as a consumer to make the world a better place, it is to reduce food wastage. In the case of produce, you can usually eat almost all parts of it …
You may or may not have seen this (considering I’ve posted it about it on the interwebs quite a few times now), but my debut vegan cookbook – The Modern Tiffin – is available for PRI-order and we’ve done the cover reveal as well! You can now PRI-order my cookbook anywhere books are sold online, …