Monica Bhide is an engineer turned writer based out of Washington, D.C. She has written three cookbooks, The Spice is Right, Everything Indian Cookbook, and Modern Spice. Her first fiction novel, The Devil In Us released in 2014. She released a book of food essays, A Life of Spice, in 2015.
Monica Saigal Bhide is originally from Delhi, India but has lived in Bahrain and now the United States. She graduated from the Indian School in Bahrain and moved on to Bangalore, India where she completed her engineering degree. She moved to the United States in 1992 and completed her 2 Master's degrees at George Washington University and Lynchburg College. She worked in corporate America for 10 years before taking up writing full-time. [1] [2]
Monica is also very distinguished and has received multiple awards:
The Chicago Tribune named Bhide one of the seven food writers to watch in 2012. [3] In July 2012, Mashable.com picked her as one of the top ten food writers on Twitter. [4] Her work has garnered numerous accolades, including her food essays being included in Best Food Writing anthologies (2005, 2009, 2010, 2014). [5] She has published three cookbooks, the latest being: Modern Spice: Inspired Indian recipes for the contemporary Kitchen (Simon & Schuster, 2009). She conducted an interview on her book Modern Spice which can be found here: Stephen Thompson - Monica Bhide Interview
She has been published in national and international publications including The New York Times;Food & Wine; Cooking Light; Bon Appetit; Saveur; Parents; AARP- The magazine; Eating Well; KIWI; Four Seasons; Spirituality & Health; Prevention; Health; SELF; several “Best Food Writing” anthologies; and is a frequent contributor to NPR's “Kitchen Window.”[1]
Monica is a frequent presence on NPR, serves as a speaker and teacher for organizations such as Georgetown University, the Association of Food Journalists (AFJ), London Food Blogger's Connect and the Smithsonian. Monica Bhide also is a contributing editor to AARP Magazine.
Her first fiction short story debuted in Singapore Noir (Akashic Books, 2014) and she has since released her first collection of fiction short stories, titled The Devil in Us: Stories of Love, Life, and Redemption (CreateSpace, 2014). [6] [7] She released a book of her food essays, A Life of Spice, in 2015.
Food and Wine:
A Passage to Mumbai
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/a-passage-to-mumbai [13]
Bon Appetit:
Save Your Recipes, Before It's Too Late
http://www.bonappetit.com/uncategorized/article/save-your-recipes-before-it-s-too-late
Saveur:
Queen of Spices
http://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Queen-of-Spices
New York Times:
As Cash Flows In, India Goes Out to Eat
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/20/dining/as-cash-flows-in-india-goes-out-to-eat.html
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