Sheil Shukla

Dr. Sheil Shukla is an internal medicine physician and food artist who is passionate about the intersection of food, art, and medicine. His first cookbook, Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition, is a 2023 James Beard Award nominee for Vegetable-Focused Cooking and a New York Times 2022 Best Cookbook of the Year. His work has been featured in The New York TimesWashington PostWoman’s Day, NPR, Food52, Williams-Sonoma, and more. He lives in Chicagoland with his wife, Rachel, and son, Shrey.


Plant-Based India
Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition
by Sheil Shukla
Hardcover | $32.50 US / $42.50 CAN

India is home to a vibrant tapestry of culinary traditions—and to more vegetarians than anywhere else in the world. It’s also where Dr. Sheil Shukla learned to love traditional Gujarāti fare, cooking alongside his adored ba (grandmother) over summers in … Continue reading