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{{Short description|American author}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Sheil Shukla
| image =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation =[[Internal medicine|Internal medicine specialist]] and author
| nationality =
| education = [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine|DO]], [[Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine]]
| genre = [[Plant-based diet|plant-based nutrition]]
| notable_works = ''Plant-Based India''
| website = {{URL|sheilshukla.com}}
}}

'''Sheil Shukla''' is an American board-certified [[Internal medicine|internal medicine specialist]]. He is also a recipe developer, food photographer, and cookbook author, who explores the use of [[Plant-based diet|plant-based nutrition]] as preventative clinical medicine. His first cookbook, ''Plant-Based India'', was nominated for the 2023 [[James Beard Foundation Award]].

==Early life and education==
Shukla was born "just outside of [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]],"<ref name=bio>{{cite web
|url=https://www.sheilshukla.com/blog/2020/4/14/my-story
|title=My Story
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=Shukla
|first=Sheil
|date=19 April 2020
|work=sheilshukla.com
}}</ref> to parents who had immigrated from [[Gujarat]], [[India]] in the 1970s.<ref name=bio/> He graduated from [[Brookfield Academy]] in 2011.<ref name=ba>{{cite web
|url=https://www.brookfieldacademy.org/news-detail?pk=1445931
|title=Dr. Sheil Shukla '11
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=
|first=
|date=April 2023
|work=[[Brookfield Academy]]
}}</ref>

He grew up eating [[Gujarati cuisine|Gujatarti vegetarian dishes]], and during college (where he studied molecular biology and the fine arts), he taught himself to cook, drawing upon dishes from his childhood. He also became interested in nutrition, and after becoming vegan in 2015,<ref name=bio/> he eventually "embraced plant based nutrition beyond veganism."<ref name=bio/><ref name=rgl>{{cite web
|url=https://roundglassliving.com/food/articles/dialogue-dr-sheil-shukla
|title=DIALOGUE: Dr. Sheil Shukla
|access-date=2023-11-21
|last=Tilak
|first=Sudha
|date=
|publisher=Round Glass Living
}}</ref> He started an Instagram account and blog called "plantbasedartist," and became a recipe developer and food photographer.<ref name=grad>{{cite web
|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/food/fork-spoon-life/2022/08/04/plant-based-india-author-brookfield-grad-pushes-quality-diets-northwestern-doctor-seasonal-food/10184540002/
|title='Plant-based India' author, a Brookfield grad, knows about quality diets. He's a doctor, too.
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=Kierzek
|first=Kristine
|date=August 4, 2022
|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]
}}</ref> Shukla received his [[Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine]] from the [[Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine]] in 2019.<ref name=dox>{{cite web
|url=https://www.doximity.com/pub/sheil-shukla-do-24d63875
|title=Sheil Shukla DO
|access-date=2023-11-21
|last=
|first=
|date=
|publisher=[[Doximity]]
}}</ref><ref name=nw>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nm.org/doctors/1922569045/sheil-shukla-do
|title=Sheil Shukla DO
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=
|first=
|date=
|work= [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]]
}}</ref> He also earned a certificate in plant-based nutrition from [[Cornell University]] (online).<ref name=bio/>

==Career==
Shukla is currently an internal medicine specialist with [[Northwestern University]]'s [[Northwestern Memorial Hospital]].<ref name=dox/><ref name=nw/> [[The New York Times]] listed his first cookbook, ''Plant-Based India'' (2022), as one of the Best Cookbooks of 2022,<ref name=nyt>{{cite web
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/dining/best-cookbooks-2022.html
|title=The Best Cookbooks of 2022
|access-date=November 20, 2023
|last=
|first=
|date=December 12, 2022
|work=[[The New York Times]]
}}</ref> and the [[Food Network]] listed it as one of the “10 Best New Vegan Cookbooks” for 2023.<ref name=fn>{{cite web
|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/shopping/gift-ideas/best-new-vegan-cookbooks
|title=10 Best New Vegan Cookbooks
|access-date=2023-12-28
|last=Khoury-Hanold
|first=Layla
|date=2023-01-03
|work=[[Food Network]]
}}</ref> [[VegNews]] listed ''Plant-Based India'' as one of the "Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time" in 2024.
<ref name=at3>{{cite web
|url=https://vegnews.com/cookbooks/best-vegan-cookbooks-2
|title=The Top 100 Vegan Cookbooks of All Time
|access-date=January 16, 2024
|last=Pointing
|first=Charlotte
|date= January 10, 2024
|work=[[VegNews]]
}}</ref>

It was also won the IVFF award in 2022,<ref name=IVFFcookbookcontest>{{cite web
|url=https://theivff.com/cookbook-winners-nominees
|title=International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest
|last=
|first=
|date= 2022
|work=The International Vegan Film Festival
}}</ref> and was nominated for the 2023 [[James Beard Foundation Award]] - [[James Beard Foundation Award: 2020s|Vegetable Focused Cooking.]]<ref name=jba>{{cite web
|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=Sheil+shukla
|title=James Beard Awards:Sheil Shukla
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|date=
|work=[[James Beard Foundation Award]]
}}</ref>

==Book==
*{{Cite book|title=Plant-Based India: Nourishing Recipes Rooted in Tradition|last= Shukla|first=Sheil|publisher=The Experiment |year=2022|isbn=978-1615198535|pages=256}}<ref name=tikka>{{cite web
|url=https://interactive.wttw.com/playlist/2022/09/02/sheil-shukla-tofu-tikka
|title=A Vegan Tikkā Recipe from a Chicagoland Doctor with an Indian Cookbook
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=Hautzinger
|first=Daniel
|date=September 2, 2022
|work=[[WTTW]]
}}</ref><ref name=potent>{{cite news
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/10/23/tofu-tikka-recipe/
|title=A potent marinade makes this tofu tikka taste as vibrant as it looks
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=Yonan
|first=Joe
|date=October 23, 2022
|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]
}}</ref><ref name=ajc>{{cite web
|url=https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/food-and-recipes/cookbook-review-plant-based-india-by-dr-sheil-shukla/J5APDO3TMBCUVNKAZ6QUF3TZVE/
|title=Cookbook review: Indian cooking for a healthy lifestyle
|access-date=November 21, 2023
|last=Puckett
|first=Susan
|date=September 14, 2022
|work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]
}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|sheilshukla.com}}

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