Hannah Sunderani

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Hannah Sunderani
OccupationCookbook author and blogger
Education McMaster University
Centennial College (Canada)
Subject Vegan/plant-based cookbooks
Notable worksThe Two Spoons Cookbook: More Than 100 French Inspired Vegan Recipes.
Website
www.twospoons.ca

Hannah Sunderani is a Canadian vegan/plant-based cookbook author, known for her cookbook and blog, The Two Spoons, which offer "french-inspired" vegan dishes.

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Early life

Sunderani was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. [1] She graduated from McMaster University in 2012 with a B.A. in communication, [2] and from Centennial College in 2014 with a post-grad degree from the Public Relations-Corporate Communications program. [3]

Career

Sunderani developed an interest in cooking as a child, and dabbled in vegan cooking during college as a way of coping with IBS. [4] [5] She was initially hesitant to becoming fully vegan, [6] and did not commit until 2016 when she and her husband moved to France. [6] [5] [4] She launched her Two Spoons blog as a way to document vegan cooking while in France. [6] Sunderani notes that she was inspired by what she describes as a "shift happening with traditional French recipes and putting a vegan spin on it," which she discovered after the move. [4] Her goal was to develop an approach to French cooking that demonstrated that "you don’t need the butter. You don’t need the egg." [4]

In 2019 she returned to Toronto, and turned her Two Spoons blog into her job. She published her cookbook in 2022, and it became a bestseller. [4] [5]

Awards and nominations

The Two Spoons: More Than 100 French-Inspired Vegan Recipes is the recipient of the 2023 Taste Canada Sliver Award: Health or Special Diet Cookbooks from the Taste Canada Awards. [7] It was also nominated for an IVFF award in 2022. [8]

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References

  1. Sunderani, Hannah (November 16, 2022). "About". Twospoons Website. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. "McMaster University: Alumni Stories". McMaster University . Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. "PR Graduate Hannah Sunderani Publishes the Two Spoons Cookbook". Centennial College (Canada) . Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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