Summary: Nik is a cook, author, and photographer of Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food, his first cookbook. The Bombay native fell in love with cooking as a kid, but only after a move to America and a medical degree later did he begin to pursue his passion for cooking. Through his blog, A Brown Table (and later a San Francisco Chronicle column of the same name), Nik documents his exploration — and celebration — of time spent in the kitchen and how the flavors of his life influence the food he creates. We sat down with Nik at San Francisco's The Civic Kitchen cooking school to talk about creating food and flavors accessible for home cooks, celebrating the small moments in the kitchen and how he proudly tells his own immigrant story through food.
