Maneet Chauhan has always been obsessed with food. From the time she was a small girl in eastern India, she was not only learning about the nuances of her nation's homeland alongside her mother, she was visiting her neighbors to cook in their kitchens too. She would tell them that her mother hadn't cooked her dinner in order to be granted a seat at their table in order to learn as much as she could about the intricate and wondrous cuisine of her homeland.