"...a very talented baker who should probably quit her day job." - Theo Peck, The Brooklyn Food Experiments
Press
- Spicy South Indian Eggplant recipe adapted by Mark Bittman for his Minimalist column in the New York Times for its novel technique of microwave cooking and was later selected as one of the top 25 out of the 1000+ Minimalist recipes he has published since 1997 (April 2008 and January 2011)
- "If I had one single outstanding revelation, one that might change the way I cook, it was after I started messing with eggplant. One reader, Roopa Kalyanaraman - who produces her own cooking blog, and it’s a good one - steered me to the spicy eggplant recipe I’ve adapted here. The timing was forgiving, the recipe was easy enough, and the texture of the eggplant was mind-blowingly good, soft and not at all oily or soggy. Like steaming, but better." - Mark Bittman, The Minimalist column for The New York Times, April 2, 2008
- Brown sugar-hazelnut cupcakes with blackberry meringue buttercream frosting selected as one of the 20 best potluck recipes by the New York Times Magazine in their community food issue (October 2010)
- Vegetarian banh mi (bánh mì chay) recipe featured in an article in the Baltimore Sun on creative lunches to pack for work or school (September 2012)
Recipes
- Developed a dessert for the acclaimed restaurant Dirt Candy in NYC's East Village in celebration of the restaurant's 2nd anniversary (October 2010)
- Spring risotto with asparagus, peas, parsley, and lemon selected as a community pick on Food52
- Blood orange olive oil cake with candied pistachios selected as a community pick on Food52
- 1st place from judges and 1st place from audience for Thai chocolate chili ice cream served in Thai basil-ginger-cocoa mini ice cream cones and topped with coconut milk dusted peanuts at The Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment
- 1st place from judges and Theo prize for "best capturing the spirit of the event" for Italian Old Fashioned Doughnuts at The Brooklyn Booze Experiment
- 1st place from judges for Brooklyn Buzz Brownout cupcakes at The Brooklyn Roots Experiment
- 3rd place from judges for Frosty's Flipped Fruitcake at The Brooklyn Holiday Experiment
- 3rd place from judges for Chocolate Thai Green Curry Cake at The Food Experiments National Championship
Other
- Selected to interview for special episodes of Food Network's Chopped featuring amateur chefs (unfortunately, all the baskets were going to contain meat/fish, so I had to withdraw) (November 2011)
- Selected twice to interview for Food Network's Cupcake Wars (September 2011 and January 2012)
- Photo for sesame sparklers selected as one of New York Times' 35 favorite readers' holiday cookies in December 2009.
