Bal's Spice Kitchen

Bal Arneson is the host of her own cooking show, Spice Goddess, on the Cooking Channel in the U.S. and the Food Network in Canada. The show ran successfully for two seasons and has been nominated for a JBF (James Beard Foundation) award and a NAMIC (National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications) Vision award. Bal is a bestselling national author of two cookbooks, Everyday Indian and Bal's Quick & Healthy Indian, the latter of which won the 2011 Canada (English) award for best Asian cuisine cookbook at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards. Bal works closely with doctors and cardiologists in Canada as a consultant chef, and is an inspiring public speaker. Bal has a master's degree in education and teaches part time; she lives with her daughter and son.