Dr. Sheil Shukla is an internal medicine resident physician, artist, and cook who's passionate about plant-based nutrition and its applications to clinical medicine. He loves exploring cultures through their food, and he's especially interested in South Asian and East Asian cuisines, particularly the thali tradition of Gujarat, India. He runs the website sheilshukla.com and the Instagram @plantbasedartist. He lives in Chicago, IL.

"A 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award NomineeA New York Times Best Cookbook of 2022A WBUR/Here and Now Best Cookbook of the YearA Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022A Forks Over Knives Favorite Plant-Based Book of 2022A Parade Best Indian Vegan CookbookAmazon Editors’ Picks: Best Cookbook2022 Foreword INDIES FinalistFeatured in a Jeopardy! question"Plant-Based India has my favorite kind of recipes: minimal effort, high reward. . . . Don’t let the title scare you off if you eat meat: This is wholesome, exciting cooking that just so happens to not include animal products. You won’t miss them."

Dr. Sheil Shukla is an internal medicine resident physician, artist, and cook who's passionate about plant-based nutrition and its applications to clinical medicine. He loves exploring cultures through their food, and he's especially interested in South Asian and East Asian cuisines, particularly the thali tradition of Gujarat, India. He runs the website sheilshukla.com and the Instagram @plantbasedartist. He lives in Chicago, IL.

"A 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award NomineeA New York Times Best Cookbook of 2022A WBUR/Here and Now Best Cookbook of the YearA Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022A Forks Over Knives Favorite Plant-Based Book of 2022A Parade Best Indian Vegan CookbookAmazon Editors’ Picks: Best Cookbook2022 Foreword INDIES FinalistFeatured in a Jeopardy! question"Plant-Based India has my favorite kind of recipes: minimal effort, high reward. . . . Don’t let the title scare you off if you eat meat: This is wholesome, exciting cooking that just so happens to not include animal products. You won’t miss them."

Dr. Sheil Shukla is an internal medicine resident physician, artist, and cook who's passionate about plant-based nutrition and its applications to clinical medicine. He loves exploring cultures through their food, and he's especially interested in South Asian and East Asian cuisines, particularly the thali tradition of Gujarat, India. He runs the website sheilshukla.com and the Instagram @plantbasedartist. He lives in Chicago, IL.

"A 2023 James Beard Foundation Book Award NomineeA New York Times Best Cookbook of 2022A WBUR/Here and Now Best Cookbook of the YearA Food Network Best Vegan Cookbook of 2022A Forks Over Knives Favorite Plant-Based Book of 2022A Parade Best Indian Vegan CookbookAmazon Editors’ Picks: Best Cookbook2022 Foreword INDIES FinalistFeatured in a Jeopardy! question"Plant-Based India has my favorite kind of recipes: minimal effort, high reward. . . . Don’t let the title scare you off if you eat meat: This is wholesome, exciting cooking that just so happens to not include animal products. You won’t miss them."