Indian cooking with a pinch of fun.

She spent the first half of her life criss-crossing the sub-continent, learning the stunning variety of regional Indian food.

Moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, she ran her own cooking school, made multiple appearances on TV as a guest chef, and worked as a food consultant with companies like Pepsico and Lea & Perrins, all the while putting her own modern touch on this ancient cuisine.

In 2007, Ruta’s cookbook 5 Spices, 50 Dishes was published by Chronicle Books and quickly became a best-seller on Amazon. It still is.

Ruta has led several successful Culinary Tours of India, including custom tours for national industry groups like Women Chefs and Restaurateurs.

She divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and the coastal state of Goa, India, where she is currently building a destination cooking school.