Diaspora Spice Co. Releases “Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook:
Seasonal Home Cooking from South Asia's Best Spice Farms”
Founder & CEO Sana Javeri Kadri and Recipe Developer Asha Loupy share the stories of 35 women across India and Sri Lanka, and 85 heirloom, family recipes
Berkeley, California; October 2025 – Diaspora Spice Co. – the queer and woman-of-color-owned spice business, renowned for empowering South Asian regenerative spice farms and bringing the highest-potency, freshest spices to home cooking – releases its highly anticipated debut cookbook The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook (March 3rd, 2026; Harvest; $35). From co-authors Sana Javeri Kadri, Diaspora Spice Co.’s Founder and CEO, and Asha Loupy, Diaspora Spice Co.’s longtime recipe developer, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook gives a vibrant and intimate look into the families, culinary traditions and heirloom recipes from the team’s beloved farm partners throughout India and Sri Lanka. With 85 recipes, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook is a highly personal guide and accessible introduction to cooking with spices, and seamlessly incorporating South Asian techniques and flavors into home kitchens.
The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook was born out of Sana’s annual, three-month visits during the harvest season (January - March), where she immerses herself in the fields, homes, and kitchens of Diaspora Spice Co.’s growing roster of farm partners. With each visit, she dove deeper into the intense labor and rigor involved in growing and processing spices, and the book came to fruition when seasoned recipe editor and writer Asha Loupy joined the team. Together, with Diaspora Spice Co.’s long-time photographer Melati Citrawireja, the trio spent months compiling 175 recipes from twenty-two spice farm partners. After rigorous testing in Diaspora Spice Co.’s Berkeley, CA test kitchen, the team landed on eighty-five regional recipes – all California-adapted, family heirlooms from thirty-five women, spanning ten states across India and Sri Lanka.
The bright, easy-to-navigate cookbook offers guides to building a pantry with ingredients and staples (from masala dabba to tadka, and beyond), and building block recipes (beginner friendly, freezer friendly, good for a dinner party menu – like a Diwali feast – and more).
About Sana Javeri Kadri
Sana Javeri Kadri is the founder of Diaspora Spice Co, a direct trade spice company building a radically equitable, sustainable, and more delicious spice supply chain. Born and raised in Mumbai, India, in a big, mixed-up Muslim-Jain-Hindu family where food was the great unifier.
She founded Diaspora Spice Co. in 2017 with a bold vision and a shoestring budget. Since then, it has grown exponentially, now working with more than 150 regenerative farms across India and Sri Lanka, paying $3.1 million directly to farm partners over the past 6.5 years, and bringing 27 single-origin spices and 13 bestselling blends to the world. With over 125,000 customers globally and products stocked in 525+ retail stores across the US and UK, the company is reshaping the spice trade—one fair, flavorful, and transparently sourced spice at a time.
Sana currently splits her time between Mumbai, India, and Menlo Park, California, continuing to push for a food system that values the farmers and flavor at its foundation.
About Asha Loupy
Asha Loupy is an Oakland-based food writer, recipe developer, and co-author of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook. She worked in the specialty food industry—from cheesemonger to grocery buyer—for over a decade before joining Diaspora Spice Co. in 2020, where she served as Recipe Editor for 5+ years. She has contributed to cookbooks like Dan Pashman's Anything's Pastable and Joe Yonan's Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking, in addition to publications like Bon Appétit, Food52, The Kitchn, The Washington Post, and Epicurious. You can also find Asha's recipes in her weekly Substack newsletter, From Head to Table, and her forthcoming solo cookbook, Dinner Season (out Fall 2027).