Nisha Vora

Vora's parents emigrated from Mumbai, India Her father, who is a physician, moved the family to Barstow, California, when he heard that there was a need for doctors there, At the age of 14, Vora began to teach herself how to cook by watching chefs such as Ina Garten and Alton Brown on the Food Network, ==Career==

After law school, Vora worked in "a big law firm and a smaller nonprofit," but realized that she did not like the legal profession. In 2017, Vora worked for a food startup while maintaining her social media presence. The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook (2019) Forbes named her first cookbook, The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Wholesome, Indulgent Plant-Based Recipes (2019) as one of the "Best Vegan Cookbooks" of 2019, Food & Wine called it one of "The 18 Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Type of Meal" in 2023, Parade listed it as one of the "Best Vegan Cookbooks to Add to Your Collection Right Now" in 2019, and Good Housekeeping named it as one of the "14 Best Healthy Cookbooks, According to Cooking and Nutrition Experts" in 2023. VegNews listed The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024. • The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook: Wholesome, Indulgent Plant-Based Recipes. Avery, 2019. . Big Vegan Flavor (2024) Her second cookbook, Big Vegan Flavor: Techniques and 150 Recipes to Master Vegan Cooking (2024) was nominated for the 2025 James Beard Award (Media: Vegetable-Focused Cooking). It was also #3 on The New York Times Best Seller list for the week of September 22, 2024. Kristin Montemarano states in Food & Wine that it is "filled with...essential flavor-building steps you should always be taking," while Washington Post Food and Dining Editor Joe Yonan suggests that it demonstrates how a plant-based diet "is a distinct cuisine with its own principles and strategies." In addition, New York (magazine) listed Big Vegan Flavor as one of "The Best Cookbooks to Gift This Year [2024]," Chowhound lists it as one of the "15 Best Vegetarian Cookbooks Of 2024," Civil Eats includes it in its "2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide," columnist Avery Yale Kamila listed it among "The year’s best vegan cookbooks" in the Portland Press Herald, and VegNews listed it as one of "The Best Vegan Cookbooks of 2024." • Big Vegan Flavor: Techniques and 150 Recipes to Master Vegan Cooking. Avery, 2024. . ==References==