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Shaziah Zuberi: Inspiring Desi of the Day

March 7, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Shaziah Zuberi has contributed blogs to The Express Tribune, Dawn Images, The Friday Times, and Daily Times. She also contributed to a cookbook authored by Shanaz Ramzi titled Food Prints. She lives in the US, where she practices her culinary skills by creating innovative recipes and shares them on her website and on Instagram and Twitter, to spread the joy of her inspirational cooking. Her first book ‘A Taste of Pakistan in Fusion’ is an effort to open doors, build bridges, and deepen relationships between Pakistan and the outside world through the “art” of fusion food

Sumayya Usmani: Inspiring Desi of the Day

March 3, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Sumayya Usmani is a Pakistani-born author, memoirist, food writer and writing mentor based in Scotland. She practiced law for 12 years before developing a career as a food writer, with a blog called My Tamarind Kitchen. Her first published book, Summers Under the Tamarind Tree: Recipes & Memories From Pakistan was listed by The Independent in its “11 best new cookbooks 2016”, described as “spellbinding” and “an unprecedentedly authentic snapshot into the culinary culture of this often overlooked country”. Her next book Mountain Berries and Desert Spice: Sweet Inspiration From the Hunza Valley to the Arabian Sea was published in 2017. Her third book is a food memoir called Andaza for which she won the Scottish Book Trust‘s Next Chapter Award 2021.

Anjula Devi: Inspiring Desi of the Day

February 6, 2024 / / 0 Comments

A respected food writer and author, Anjula started cooking with her father at the age of eight. At that time the ingredients for Indian cuisine were not as readily available as they are now and Anjula travelled on the number 207 bus with her father to Shepherd’s Bush Market where they would buy a selection of spices, fresh fish and Indian vegetables. Utilising her cookery skills and passion for spices, Anjula launched her own business in 2010, Anjula Devi Authentic Indian Food, providing Indian dinner parties and Indian cookery classes. Anjula has created a range of authentic recipes for Manchester United, arguably the biggest football club in the world, where she is a consultant chef. A Brand Ambassador for TRS Foods, the world’s largest Indian food company, Anjula has also launched her own brand, Route 207, inspired by the bus route she used to take to the spice market. 

Chef Monisha Bharadwaj: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 29, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Chef Monisha Bharadwaj is an award winning author, food historian and a food writer based in London, UK. Monisha is a qualified chef from the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai. She started Cooking With Monisha, situated in West London, in 2004. Today it is a successful school that attracts not only the home cook but also professional chefs who wish to learn Chef Monisha’s brand of simple authentic Indian cooking. Monisha has also created and taught her popular courses at the Ashburton Cookery School in Devon, The Bertinet Kitchen in Bath, Seasoned Cookery School, south Derbyshire, the Cambridge Cookery School and at Divertimenti in Knightsbridge. She is regularly invited to judge food events and has been a judge at the Guild of Fine Food’s ‘Great Taste Awards’ for the past several years.

Anoothi Vishal: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 28, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Anoothi Vishal is the author of Mrs LC’s Table. She is also a columnist and food writer, specialising in cuisine history, culinary links between communities and regions, and the business of restaurants. She writes for the Economic Times, NDTV Food, Business World and other leisure and business publications. Her blog amoveablefeast.in is widely read by the fooderati in the country, and appreciated for its candid views and insightful, detailed writing. Anoothi is among the few food-writers in the country who has also been on the other side of a restaurant kitchen. As founder of The Great Delhi Pop-UP, she cooks for and curates pop-up dinners for select audiences in Delhi, Mumbai and other cities.

Ruchira Hoon: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 3, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Ruchira is a cook, a food consultant/writer and founder of @nibblesnco. So far she’s developed the menu for several brands including Picante, The Piano Man, The Piano Man Jazz Club,The Lime Tree Café (in Islamabad) and Dirty Apron. A cookbook addict, Ruchira has been cooking since she was nine-years-old and has been throwing dinner parties since she was 14. She’s always dreamed of opening her own cafe and in 2011, she went on to be a participant in Masterchef India 2, where she made it to the top 12. Since then, she hasn’t looked back and has appeared on several TV shows including Olive it Up and Guilt Free. She also has a number of Youtube videos in association with Indian Food Network on easy cooking.

Rupali Dean: Inspiring Desi of the Day

January 2, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Rupali Dean is a familiar name in Food & Travel writing. Her passion and work takes her on various travels across the world and her by-line is familiar to discerning readers of esteemed magazines and Newspapers like Uppercrust, Food & Wine, Discover India, Economic Times Travel, Hindustan Times City, Statesman etc to name a few. A trained hospitality professional, from the Institute of Hotel Management, Ahmedabad gives her an edge over any other food writer. She has also won the Best Food Travel writer award in India by Spain Tourism and has been Featured among India’s Top 5 Food Bloggers in India in the Hi Blitz magazine.

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