Colleen Taylor Sen

Chicago-based Colleen Taylor Sen is a food historian and writer specializing in the cuisine of the Indian subcontinent. Her articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Travel and Leisure, Food Arts and other publications. She is the author of Food Culture in India (Greenwood 2006), Curry: A Global History (Reaktion 2009), Pakoras, Paneer, Pappadums: A Guide to Indian Restaurant Menus (2010) and its e-book version Decoding the Indian Restaurant Menu and is coeditor (with Bruce Kraig) of Street Food Around the World: An Encyclopaedia of Food and Culture and (with Helen Saberi) Turmeric: The Wonder Spice. She is coeditor (with Bruce Kraig and Carol Haddix) of The Chicago Food Encyclopedia (2017). Her website is www.colleensen.com