I would first and foremost like to thank my viewers and readers, and my family and my friends, for their overwhelming support. I am eternally grateful for all their encouragement.
There are a few people in particular that I would like to express my gratitude toward, without whom this book would not have been possible. To Radhika and Aditya, thank you for your advice and help right at the beginning, and Maya, thank you for your help at the end. To my housemates over the years, thank you for bearing with all the trails of sugar and chocolate I left behind, and for sharing your own passions for food with me. To Lourdes, thank you for painting beautiful backdrops that I could use in my photography, and for all your help in my dire hours of need, to Minilliah, thank you for your support and style inspiration: I owe many beautiful photos to you! To my photography guru Kinga, thank you for sharing your wisdom, and for nurturing my love of photography. To my grandparents, Dadaji, Dadiji, Dapapa, and Ashama, thank you for your constant encouragement and kind words. To Sefi, Ronnie, Danika, and her father, Noah, and his family, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Hay, and Mrs. Matter, thank you for sharing your delicious recipes and inspirations. To my FocusCo board members, my ASW friends, my UCU friends and teachers, my LRM classmates, our neighbors, Samarth, the Bhandaris and Yadavs, thank you for your support and encouragement. To Tama, thank you for helping with the numerical stuff, keeping up with my incessant food babble, for being a grounding force in particularly stressful times.
