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2023

7/20/23 – Food & Wine – Blueberry Banana Cream Pie

7/20/23 – Food & Wine- Cardamom Yogurt Cake with Mango Lassi Icing

7/20/23 – Food & Wine – Pistachio, Cardamom, and Raspberry Financier Cake

5/25/23 Food & Wine – Strawberry Saffron Shortcake

2022

10/20/22 – Bon Appetit – Cardamom Coconut Donuts

7/27/22 – Food & Wine – Vagharela Corn Flautas

4/12/22- Bon Appetit – Egg Bhurji Strata

2/20/22 – Food & Wine – Spiced Brown Butter Carrot Cake

2/2/22- King Arthur Blog -How to bake with the freeze-dried fruit powders you’re seeing everywhere

1/1/22 – TEDX Talk

2021

7/20/21 – Food & Wine – Kachumber Gazpacho

3/22/21 – Bon Appetit- Spinach Thepla and Vaghereli Dahi

2/28/21 – Bon Appetit- Hungarian Mushroom Soup

2/8/21 – The Kitchn – Cream Puffs with Rose-Cardamom Pastry Cream

1/4/21 – Food and Wine.com – Jalebi

2020

12/2/20 – The Washington Post – Tutti frutti makes these buttery orange cookies look and taste like a party

12/21/20 – Bon Appetit – All of My Favorite Desserts Contain This One Ingredient

12/23/20 – Delish.com – Bateka nu Shaak

11/06/20 – Food & Wine – Pista Burfi Bark

11/6/20 – Food & Wine- How to Use Edible Flowers in Your Cooking

11/13/20 – Delish.com – Coconut Burfi Brownie Bites

8/28/20 – Delish.com – Cardamom Pistachio Kulfi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured In

2023 

10/12/23 – Redfin – How to Throw a Killer Halloween Party: 6 Steps to a Perfectly Spooky Soiree

10/3/23 – Lilly’s Library – Mawa Cake Desi Me Cooking episode

9/17/23 – Buzzfeed- Make Life A Little Sweeter With These 53 Products Under $25

8/7/23 – New York Times – How Cooking Videos Took Over the World

5/24/23 – King Arthur – Wait, why is everyone toasting their milk powder now?

5/23/23 – Eater SF – Discover Some of the Bay Area’s Best Indian Food Trucks With Author and ‘Masterchef’ Star Hetal Vasavada

1/5/23 – The Juggernaut – Khichdi Deserves More than the Sloppy Treatment

2022

12/20/22- New York Magazine – The 27 Best Food Gifts for Every Kind of Gourmand

12/10/22 – The Mercury News – 5 Bay Area chefs, food bloggers’ favorite markets and places to shop

10/24/22 – The New York Times – Diwali Sweets for All

10/19/22 – Food with Mark Bittman- Diwali Desserts & Dishing with Hetal Vasavada

10/18/22- The Mercury News – South Asian Literature and Art Festival coming to Saratoga

10/13/22 – Eater SF – Where to Celebrate Diwali in San Francisco 

10/13/22 – Food & Wine – Recipes to Celebrate Diwali

10/10/22 – The Huffington Post – The Best Diwali-Inspired Gifts To Buy This Year

9/27/22 – Women Career & Life – MidCareer Pivot Healthcare to Entrepreneurship: Hetal Vasavada,Baker,Author-Milk & Cardamom

8/17/22 – Forbes – The Best Baking Cookbooks Of All Time, According To The Pros

8/8/22 – Shondaland – The Rise of Asian Desserts 

7/22/22 – The Huffington Post – South Asian Food TikTok Is A Comforting Reminder I Am Indian Enough

7/1/22 – Thrillist – How Bakers Are Organizing to Raise Funds for Reproductive Rights

6/16/22 – Culinary Creator – The Sweet Path to Teaching Your Niche Online with Hetal Vasavada

4/13/22 – The Modern Millenial – Baking, Butter, and Basics with Hetal Vasavada of Milk & Cardamom

3/23/22 – The Huffington Post – The Best Chocolate For Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/19/22 – The Washington Post – Our best Bundt cake recipes, starring chocolate, fruit, nuts and more

3/14/22 – The Mercury News – Food innovation hub KitchenTown grows impact-driven Bay Area startups

2/22/22- Style Caster – 10 South Asian Food Brands & Chefs That Are Shaking Up The Culinary World

2021

4/26/21 – The Talented Indian – Baking Cakes And Taking Names: Hetal Vasavada

4/25/21 – Epicurious- There’s a Lot More to Masala Chai Than Spiced Milk Tea

1/25/21 – Plate Magazine- Food Stylists and Photographers Share Tips for Taking the Perfect Photo

2020

12/5/20 – November Food and Wine Issue – Diwali is  Festival of Sweet Delights

12/9/20 – The Philadelphia Inquirer – 5 holiday cookie recipes to end the year on a sweeter note

12/8/20 – New York Magazine – Everything You Need to Bake Christmas Cookies, According to Professional Bakers

12/10/20 – Taste of Home – How to Use Rose Water for Cooking and Baking

12/16/20 – Food and Wine – 18 Holiday Cookies to Make This Season

11/5/20 – November Food and Wine Issue – Diwali is  Festival of Sweet Delights

11/10/20 – Williams Sonoma – Celebrating Diwali the Festival of Lights

11/11/20 – Good Morning America – Rose Pistachio Cookies

11/13/2020- Google Creators – How Two Web Creators are Celebrating Diwali

11/13/20 – NBC News – Digital Diwali: How U.S. celebrations for Indian festival of lights pivoted this year

11/23/20 – The Whole Carrot – Better Baking with Hetal Vasavada Podcast

10/6/20 – Bon Appetit – How to Make Your Own Ghee And 3 Ways to Use It

4/17/20 – San Francisco Chronicle – How I cooked my way out of Indian Imposter Syndrome

4/15/20 – Veranda – 20 Cookbooks That Will Transport Your Kitchen to Exotic Destinations

2/15/20 – Seema – Hetal Vasavada has a Sweet Tooth for Life

2/5/20 – Mother Mag – Mother Essentials: Hetal Vasavada

1/22/20 – The Takeout – Adventures in baking with jaggery, a sweet South Asian pantry staple

2019

12/9/19 – Washington Post – 11 Cookbooks that inspired us in 2019

11/29/19 – San Francisco Chronicle – The San Francisco Chronicle’s best cookbooks of 2019

11/7/19 – The Sun – There’s no dessert as sweet as pie

10/3/19 – East Bay Times – Diwali desserts! New cookbook’s bold cakes, cookies with Indian flavors

9/11/19 – The Advocate – Side Dish: Blogger blends Indian, American influences into sweet recipes

8/27/19 – The San Diego Union-Tribune – No-churn ice cream is Hetal Vasavada childhood fave

7/24/19 – New Jersey Monthly – In New Cookbook, Bloomfield Native Puts American Twist on Indian Sweets

7/16/19 – The New York Times – The Sweet Hallmark of an Indian Celebration

2/26/19 – The New York Times – For South Asian Cooks, Yogurt Starter is an Heirloom

2018

11/5/18 – Fupping.com – 12 Feminist Books For Kids (To Educate) | Feminist Children’s Books

11/5/18 – CreditDonkey.com – Priority Pass: What You Need to Know

5/23/18 –The Teal Mango – Meet the Children’s Book Author Using Gulab Jamuns to Teach Kids About Counting

2/8/18 – Parle-G It Me

2017

11/27/17 – IndianAmericanMom.com

10/26/17 – 8 Expert Proponents of Gujarati Cuisine

5/20/17 – Asia Net News

3/9/17 – Travelling While Pregnant – Top Travel Bloggers Share Their Tips

2016

5/5/16- Cosmopolitan India- 7 Quick and Easy Vegetarian Snacks

4/3/16 – Huffington Post Canada – Asparagus Recipes: 28 Soups, Tarts and so Much More

2/5/16 – VegNews Magazine – 7 Vegan Super Bowl Recipes that Rule

2/9/16 – The Times of India – Interview with MasterChef US contestant Hetal Vasavada

2/13/16 – The Times of India – Indian American Keen to make ‘Neglected’ Gujarati Food World Famous

2/14/16 – Hungry Forever – Gujarati Food Gets A New Indo-American Messiah, Chef Hetal Vasavada

2/15/16 – The Hans India – Gujarati Khichdi RocksMasterChef, thanks to Indian American Chef

2015

8/16/15 – Essex News Daily – Bloomfield Native Competes on ‘MasterChef’ this season

8/24/15 – India.com – Top Five Celebrity Indian Foodies to Follow

8/28/15- India Abroad – I’m trying to show that Indian food goes beyond Indian Restaurants

7/1/2015 – Variety.com – Gordon Ramsay on MasterChef Success (mentioned)

7/1/2015 – FOX 2 KTVU – Interview with FOX 2 Morning Show

7/2/15 – Diva Foodies – #FoodTVChat with Hetal Vasavada

7/15/15 – BuddyTV – Hetal Vasavada turns Vegetarian Skills into a Meaty Victory

7/29/15 – Brown Girl Magazine – Chef Hetal Vasavada Performs Culinary Magic on FOX’s MasterChef

6/2/2015 – Latest Vegan News – MasterChef Features Vegetarian Contestant

6/21/15 – Ahmedabad Mirror- English Curry, Desi Tadka

6/22/15 –The Indian Express – MasterChef US First Indian- Origin Vegetarian Contestant on her Love for Spices

5/21/15 – NorthJersey.com – Bloomfield Native appears on MasterChef

5/25/15 – India West – Hindu Vegetarian Hetal Vasavada Compete’s on FOX’s MasterChef Season 6 

5/26/15 – The American Bazaar – Indian American Vegetarian Chef Hetal Vasavada earns a spot on MasterChef with an Apple Pastry Dish

5/26/15 – Darpan Magazine – Meet Hetal Vasavada

2/17/15 – Smarter Travel – 8 Crafty Ways to Display Travel Keepsakes

2014

11/16/14 – Foodista- Cabernet Burgers and 4 More Uses for Leftover Wine

10/8/14 – The Huffington Post – 17 Fluffernutter- Inspired Desserts

10/27/14 – Brit + Co –  14 Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipes Minus (Surprise!) Real Pumpkin

9/2/14 – TheBerry – Almond Berry Cake

9/8/14 – Hello Glow – 13 Creative Cauliflower Recipes

9/22/14 – Influenster – One Pot P7