Hetal Vasavada is a Bay Area-based cookbook author and blogger at Milk and Cardamom. A former MasterChef alumnus, her recipes have been featured in New York Times, Food & Wine, and Bon Appetit. Her cookbook was named one of the best cookbooks of 2019 by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post. She also works as a recipe developer, food photographer, and social media consultant with various culinary businesses such as Imperfect Foods, Humphry Slocombe, and San Francisco Cooking School. In addition to blogging and writing, she owns an online bakery called Milk and Cardamom Sweets where you can buy her delicious Indian-inpired baked goods.