We have great news from one of our Renegade Writer course instructors, Monica Bhide, who teaches our Introduction to Food Writing course. Last week she got the cover art for her upcoming food memoir, Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen, and boy, it’s a beaut. Seriously, when Monica sent me this image, my mouth started watering. That is one yummy looking dish!

As a testament to Monica’s awesomeness as a writer and cook, the book’s foreword is written by none other than Mark Bittman of the New York Times‘ Minimalist/Bitten fame. Or as I like to think of him, that guy who wrote the cookbook I turn to most in my kitchen, How to Cook Everything.

On top of all this, yesterday The Golden Pencil posted an interview with Monica yesterday in its Successful Freelancer Spotlight. Check it out!

Yay Monica! We here at the RW blog are so proud of you. [db]

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