Host Parishi Kanuga '26 sits down with Sanaa Sondhi '25, who shares the valuable lessons she learned by cooking family dishes tied to her Indian roots. Sanaa recently published a cookbook thanks to her CMC Appel Fellowship.

Entering its ninth year, the Appel Fellowship “provides first-year students with funding to support purposeful, independent experiences that culminate in a meaningful and substantial writing project.” Since its launch in 2015, the Appel Fellowship has sent 135 CMCers to 22 states and 48 countries, all thanks to philanthropic support from Joel Appel ’87 P’20.

0:00 - 1:20 What is the Appel Fellowship?
1:20 - 4:10 How Sanaa learned to cook Indian Food.
4:10 - 10:18 About Sanaa's cook book
10:18 - 15:20 Indian Cooking Traditions
15:20 - 21:35 The Importance of Intuition
21:35 - 23:16 How to Enjoy Sanaa's Cooking

Read more about the Appel Fellowship: https://appelwritingscholars.com/
Learn more about CMC: www.cmc.edu