The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook Author Event

Sana Javeri Kadri, founder and CEO of Diaspora Spice Co. and co-author, writer and recipe developer Asha Loupy in conversation for The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook:
Seasonal Home Cooking from South Asia's Best Spice Farms. Moderated by Meena Harris, lawyer, entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author. Book signing to follow.

From Diaspora Spice Co., the progressive spice company rooted in flavor and equity, comes a cookbook celebrating beautiful, simple, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms.

Diaspora Spice Co. sources the most flavorful, fresh spices in the world from 150 regenerative farms across South Asia—from elders, indigenous communities, young changemakers, and brilliant multi-generational farming families across India and Sri Lanka who are leading the way in sustainable and climate change–resistant agriculture. Filled with culinary storytelling, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights these farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography, plus 85 recipes for simple, seasonal, and powerfully delicious meals.

CEO and founder Sana Javeri Kadri and recipe writer Asha Loupy realized that eating with the people who grow our spices unveils a whole new dimension in our cooking. For instance, the Mir family, who works all year to grow and harvest their saffron, shared not only their technique for blooming the vibrant spice and how to make sure every thread is fully utilized, but their unforgettably delicious dishes. Adapted for a global pantry, these recipes share the warmth of true South Asian home cooking at its truest and tastiest, starting with chutneys & pickles, snacks, and veggies, traveling through to mains from the sea and from the land, rice and breads, and ending with drinks and desserts.

Sana and Asha also note which recipes are the most beginner friendly, freezer friendly, good for a dinner party menu (like a Diwali feast!), and which lend themselves to be pantry building blocks, all for a super easy-to-navigate cookbook.

• Burst Tomato Chutney
• Perfect Pakora
• Spiced Maple-Roasted Carrots with Carrot-Top Sambol
• Aloo Masala
• Jammy Egg Curry
• Coconut Lamb Biryani
• Fennel Tom Collins
• Turmeric-Banana Snacking Cake
• Apricot-Saffron Frangipane Galette

This incredibly fresh, beautifully photographed, powerful collection is a celebration of these farming families, their precious harvests, and how they season recipes with big flavor.

SANA JAVERI KADRI

Sana Javeri Kadri is the founder of Diaspora Spice Co, a direct trade spice company building a radically equitable, sustainable, and more delicious spice supply chain. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, in a big, mixed-up Muslim-Jain-Hindu family where food was the great unifier. She founded Diaspora Spice Co. in 2017 with a bold vision and a shoestring budget. Since then, it has grown exponentially, now working with more than 150 regenerative farms across India and Sri Lanka, paying $3.1 million directly to farm partners over the past 6.5 years, and bringing 27 single-origin spices and 13 bestselling blends to the world. With over 125,000 customers globally and products stocked in 525+ retail stores across the US and UK, the company is reshaping the spice trade—one fair, flavorful, and transparently sourced spice at a time.

Sana currently splits her time between Mumbai, India, and Menlo Park, California, continuing to push for a food system that values the farmers and flavor at its foundation.

ASHA LOUPY

Asha Loupy is an Oakland-based food writer, recipe developer, and co-author of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook. She worked in the specialty food industry—from cheesemonger to grocery buyer—for over a decade before joining Diaspora Spice Co. in 2020, where she served as Recipe Editor for 5+ years. She has contributed to cookbooks like Dan Pashman's Anything's Pastable and Joe Yonan's Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, in addition to publications like Bon Appétit, Food52, The Kitchn, The Washington Post, and Epicurious. You can also find Asha's recipes in her weekly Substack newsletter, From Head to Table, and her forthcoming solo cookbook, Dinner Season (out Fall 2027).

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