Monica Puri Bangia is a cooking coach and a food writer. She teaches people how to cook different cuisines and specializes in Indian food. She teaches at people's homes as well as the Maplewood/South Orange Adult School.

She has written for New York Times Local and contributed recipes for the Kiwi Magazine.

She posts a healthy, quick recipes fives days a week on her own blog: Sharing Plate.

She reviews restaurants weekly for the West Orange Patch and contributes to other local Patches as well.

You can find her in a restaurant critiquing dishes or in her kitchen coming up with new dishes.