About Hazel

Welcome! My name is Hazel, and I hail from the beautiful nation of India. India is known for its beauty, culture, color, fashion, and above all, its love for food.

Like with many cultures, in India our hospitality begins and ends with food. Any and all celebrations call for some kind of ethnic or cultural cuisine. In fact, I think people just make an excuse to either go out and eat or get together and have tons of food. In any case, you might have guessed that I love and am very passionate about food.

My love and journey for food began young. I come from a big family where I grew up with uncles and aunts and lots of cousins, and because I also come from a very mixed cultural family, I grew up eating and enjoying all kinds of food. I married my husband who worked in the hospitality industry and we owned and operated a successful Indian restaurant in NJ for a good 18 years. With two kids in their late teenage years who grew up playing sports, I had to innovate and extend my cooking skills from just Indian food. Today, I pride myself in making dishes from a variety of cuisines, such as Italian, Chinese, and Thai.