Urvashi is an author, food and travel writer, a member of the The Guild of Food Writers and an amateur gardener growing vegetables on her allotment. She is also the author of ‘Biting Biting, Snacking Gujarati Style’.
Urvashi has also contributed recipes and articles to Great British Chefs, BBC Food, Olive Magazine, and the BBC Good Food Magazine. She volunteers with Forty Hall Farm and the Enfield Feasts supper club.
In this fascinating and insightful conversation, we talk about being a food and travel writer, family history, being a contestant on The Great British Bake Off, her future aspirations, the stories she wants to tell and how important it was to discuss the cover of her book ‘Biting Biting’ with her family before publishing.
Quick Links mentioned in the show
Urvashi’s Instagram
Bite #10 - Great British Bake Off memories and musings on spontaneity - this goes into more detail about Urvashi’s Great British Bake Off journey.
Bite #5 - The day I face planted into a pile of Converse - Urvashi alluded to this post as this ‘event’ was the transition for me out of the corporate world and back into the world of food writing.
Bite #3 - by Urvashi Roe - Biting Biting - a little about Urvashi’s volunteering journey.
Olive Magazine podcast with guest Urvashi Row - Gujarati Snacking
By ‘Biting Biting’ on Amazon and at Kitchen Press - Independent food publisher
Transcript
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00:04:24 Applying for the Great British Bake Off
00:13:19 “Because that could give me a bit of a heart attack” Discussing the cook book cover with family before being published.
00:20:16 Hardest section of Biting Biting to write
00:42:59 Future Aspirations
00:44:55 Spending time in India and Sri Lanka
00:46:43 Gujarati Food, returning to her homeland, meeting people ranging from Maharajas to Goat Herders.
