Monica has appeared in and written for a wide variety of international publications and media. Here is a small sample of her interviews and published pieces (most recent pieces first).
- A tasty tale of delighting in the magic of both cooking and memories (Kirkus Reviews)
- Papa’s Butter Chicken review (Book Trust)
- Seasoned with love: Acclaimed Indian American food writer Monica Saigal releases ‘A Kiss in Kashmir’ by Willow Bacon (American Bazaar)
- Interview with Local Author Monica Saigal by Jordan Wright (Whisk and Quill)
- ‘I wanted to bring diversity’: Monica Saigal on inspiration behind ‘A Kiss in Kashmir’ by Monica Aggarwal (New India Abroad)
- Chef Vikas Khanna pays tribute to author Monica Bhide Saigal with ‘Kiss of Kashmir’ dish (American Bazaar)
- What the doc ordered by Monica Bhide (The Pioneer) – Sometimes a distraction is just what you need to heal, writes Monica Bhide, as she shares how George Clooney turned her saviour.Â
- Tips to create desserts that keep the Valentine’s Day spirit alive by Monica Bhide (My Kolkata) – For Valentine’s Day, instead of the same old chocolate cake, take a bold step and create desserts that keep the ‘spirit’ alive!
- As Cash Flows In, India Goes Out to Eat by Monica Bhide (NY Times) – Unlike her mother who cooked everything from scratch, Ms. Jog works 40 hours a week outside the home. She and her husband often just order from restaurants, which are more varied than ever before in cities like Bangalore. Millions of others are doing the same.
- Women in food: An interview with Monica Bhide by Patricia Tanumihardja (The Christian Science Monitor) – She left her job as an engineer in corporate America to pursue her love of writing and culinary adventure.
- 10 cookbooks to keep? by Bill Daley (Chicago Tribune)
- A Question of Taste by Monica Bhide (Washington Post) – It started out as a perfectly normal workday. A food writer by night, I was working at a consulting firm, out of my lonely cubicle, on the seventh floor of a suburban D.C. office.
- An Interview with DC’s Own Spice Superwoman, Monica Bhide by Danielle Fogel (Smithsonian Associates) – Monica Bhide, the esteemed cookbook author and avid food blogger, lives her life in the same fashion as she signs off her emails: with relish.
- Family-Specific Thanksgiving Food Traditions (The Kojo Nnamdi Show) – Every family brings their own idiosyncrasies and cultural traditions to Thanksgiving, the quintessential American feast. Kojo explores how new culinary traditions emerge.
- Making Butter Chicken With Dad by Monica Bhide (NPR)
- Save Your Recipes, Before It’s Too Late by Monica Bhide (Bon Appetit)
- Queen of Spices by Monica Bhide (Saveur) – When I was a child in Delhi, India, cardamom was as familiar as the air I breathed. Its sweet, woodsy perfume regularly filled the house when my parents were cooking. But it took me a while to appreciate the spice’s flavor.
- Dining at Bindaas with Cookbook Author and Delhi Native Monica Bhide by Laura Hayes (Washington City Paper)
- Inspiring APA Women in Food: The Food Writer, Monica Bhide by Pat Tanumihardja (Smithsonian APA) – Monica worked in corporate America for 10 years before she quit her job to pursue her love of writing. Since then, her bylines have appeared in top-tier magazines and, she’s published three cookbooks and three books.
- Spicing Up America by Howard Cincotta – Monica Bhide, an Indian American living in the Washington, D.C. area, uses recipes with plenty of the ingredients commonly associated with South Asian cuisine—from chutneys and tandoori chicken to samosas and chapattis—but her culinary advice is equally likely to be spiced with stories about her family and childhood in New Delhi.