Richa Hingle

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Richa Hingle
Occupation Vegan cookbook author
Subject Vegan/Plant-based cookbooks
Notable worksVegan Richa's Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook. (2015)
Vegan Richa's Instant Pot™ Cookbook: 150 Plant-based Recipes from Indian Cuisine and Beyond. Hachette Book Group, 2022.

Richa Hingle is a Vegan/Plant-based cookbook author, and is known as the blogger, Vegan Richa.

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Early life

Hingle grew up in India. [1]

Career

She was forced to give up her career as a software engineer after a Craniotomy in 2006. [2] During the recovery period, she adopted a rescue dog and became involved in animal welfare. [3] She also began to blog about baking and learned about veganism. [3] [4] [1] [2]

Hingle started her blog "Vegan Richa" in 2009, [1] and fully shifted to a vegan diet around 2010, [2] motivated by her rescue experience. [1]

Awards and reception

Vegetarian Times listed her first cookbook, Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen: Traditional and Creative Recipes for the Home Cook (2015), as one of their "favorite" cookbooks of 2015, [5] PETA listed it as one of "7 Must-Have Vegan Cookbooks" in 2016, [6] Good Housekeeping named it one of the 15 best meat-free cookbooks in 2019, [7] Women's Health (magazine) refers to it as one of the "20 Best Vegan Cookbooks Of 2022 For Every Type Of Cuisine And Interest." [8] VegNews named it one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time," in 2024. [9]

VegNews listed Hingle as one of the "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food" in 2023, [10] and gave her a Bloggy Award in 2016. [11]

In 2022, Vegan Richa's Instant Pot™ Cookbook: 150 Plant-based Recipes from Indian Cuisine and Beyond was nominated for an IVFF award. [12]

Personal life

Hingle lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband. [1] [2]

Books

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Nayyar, Anjum (March 6, 2016). "Thinking About Going Vegan? Richa Hingle May Inspire You". masalamommas.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hingle, Richa (January 2012). "Official website: about". veganricha.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Interview Series: Richa Hingle". ChicVegan. May 20, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  4. Hingle, Richa (January 2012). "Official website: our vegan journey". veganricha.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  5. Gregory, Nicole (December 2015). "Not For Vegans Only". Vegetarian Times . p. 71.
  6. Moore, Paula (August 12, 2016). "7 Must-Have Vegan Cookbooks". PETA . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. Schumer, Lizz (September 27, 2019). "We're Loving These 15 Vegan Cookbooks for a Meat-Free Feast". Good Housekeeping . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  8. Miller, Marissa (October 13, 2019). "20 Best Vegan Cookbooks Of 2022 For Every Type Of Cuisine And Interest". Women's Health . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  9. Pointing, Charlotte (January 10, 2024). "The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time". VegNews . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  10. Pointing, Charlotte (July 27, 2023). "37 Creative Chefs Crafting the Future of Vegan Food". VegNews . Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  11. "The VegNews Bloggy Awards". VegNews . July 24, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  12. "International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest". The International Vegan Film Festival. 2021.