Samah Dada
Samah Dada is the creator of Dada Eats, a cookbook author and television host sharing Indian-inspired, plant-forward recipes, date desserts and conversations on On The Menu.
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TODAY All DayOverview
- Known as
- Dada Eats
- Based in
- New York City
- Started
- Dada Eats on Instagram in 2015
- Work
- Recipe developer, cookbook author and television host
- Breakout
- TODAY producers discovered her food blog while she worked as a production assistant
Mini bio
How it started.
Samah began Dada Eats on Instagram in 2015. Her early television career took her through NBC’s Page Program and into a production assistant job at TODAY. Producers noticed her food blog and invited her on the show as a cooking guest when she was 23. She later left to write a cookbook and build Dada Eats full time.
Food as a language.
Her parents immigrated to the United States from India. On her website, Samah describes cooking as a way to express her identity and find belonging. Her recipes often happen to be vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free, but she puts ingredients and the pleasure of cooking first. Think one-bowl brownies, blender pasta sauces and chocolate-covered dates.
From recipes to conversations.
Her debut cookbook, Dada Eats Love to Cook It, arrived on June 8, 2021. Television work includes #Cooking and How to Eat Plants for NBC’s TODAY platforms. She also creates and hosts On The Menu, an independently funded interview show, while sharing recipes and personal letters through UP TO DATE.
Creditschronological, newest first
Television and online video
- 2026On The MenuCreator, host and independent funder
- 2022How to Eat PlantsHost
- 2021#Cooking with Samah DadaHost
Awards
Quotes
I hope to show you how to do more with less.Samah Dada, official About page
On helping busy or reluctant cooks feel confident in the kitchen. Source: https://www.dadaeats.com/about
Trivia
- She describes dates as a personal signature and says she has been making chocolate-covered stuffed dates for ten years.
- Her comfort foods to cook for other people include dal, lemon rice and chana masala. For herself, she often makes pasta.
- When asked to describe her taste in three words, she chose minimal, confident and understated.
- She is listed on the culinary council of God’s Love We Deliver.
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