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Evanston’s Best Restaurants 2025
linkChef and owner Kalpana Waikar runs a small shop in Evanston with a curated selection of sandwiches full of South Asian flavors...These unique bites are unlike anything customers can find in Chicago.
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Forbes
linkKalpana Waikar, Founder and CEO of Inspired Indian Cooking, offers some expert advice: set boundaries.
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Eater Chicago
linkOwner Kalpana Waikar, founder of local spice brand Inspired Indian Cooking, will offer a menu of sandwiches such as its signature Bombay Sandwich ...
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Inspired Indian Co. is open for business. Waikar eased into it with three killer sandwiches, all top-notch ...
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Make restaurant-quality Indian food at home with these spice packs with local ties ...
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Inspired Indian from Chicago has created a range of small-batch spice kits containing powders and spice ingredients that make it simpler to cook delicious authentic restaurant-quality Indian food.
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Meet the founders behind the hottest brands hitting the market and hear their plans to stand out on shelves...
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The Daily Northwestern
linkInspired Indian to dish up spice kits and vegetarian sandwiches to Noyes ...
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Kalpana Waikar ’06 MBA creates purpose through culture and food and talks about how her “why” has evolved throughout her different stages of her life.
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The Daily Northwestern
linkKalpana Waikar, founder and CEO of Inspired Indian Cooking, couldn’t imagine reaching the sustainability goals of her restaurant anywhere besides Evanston.
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If you’ve ever found yourself buying loads of spices for a single Indian meal, you’ll find that Inspired Indian Cooking is an economical, super-easy alternative.
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Eating my way through Evanston: My favorite dishes of 2024