Nandita Godbole

Nandita Godbole is an award-winning cookbook author, ethnobotanist, food journalist, and ceramic artist based in Roswell, Georgia. The founder of Curry Cravings™ LLC, Turmeric Press, and Mrttika by Nandita, she brings a rare depth to food media: 35 years of ethnobotanical research, two Master’s degrees, and a ceramic practice that is as central to her work as her writing.

Her seven cookbooks, read in more than 30 countries and all independently crowdfunded and produced in the USA, cover the full spectrum of Indian culinary tradition - from spice science and Ayurvedic wellness to regional feasts and pre-colonial food history. Her seventh, Masaleydaar, won the 2025 Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Her eighth, India in a Cup: From Gardens to Glasses (Turmeric Press, November 2026), is the first Indian drinks book to pair botanical beverage recipes with their historically corresponding ceramic vessels - a framework built on documented provenance spanning 2,000 years of Indian drink culture.

As a journalist and contributor, Nandita writes about food, drink, travel, and cultural heritage with a South Asian lens. Her bylines include the Washington Post, Food Network, Eater Atlanta, Saveur, BonAppetit, Forbes, CNN, BBC, and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is a member of the Atlanta Press Club, Roswell Clay Collective, Les Dames d’Escoffier, and serves on the Atlanta chapter board of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). Her ceramic studio, Mrttika by Nandita, produces hand-thrown vessels rooted in historical Indian pottery traditions.

Her residency at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts positioned her as a rare voice at the intersection of food research and clay. Whether writing, speaking, or firing a kiln, Nandita’s work asks the same question: what do we carry forward, and what have we forgotten to ask about?