Justine Doiron with Becky Selengut

Popular blogger and social media storyteller Justine Doiron discusses her new book, , with local cookbook author Becky Selengut.

Justine Cooks helps you find and refine your cooking style through 110 approachable and innovative plant-forward recipes.

Justine Doiron is known for approachable, inventive cooking that surprises with its unexpected flavor and ingredient pairings, as well as her love of vegetables, beans, bread, and farmers’ markets. She is also known on social media for her funny, inspiring, validating stories about the ways we connect through food. Here she shares 110 plant-forward recipes for salads, snacks, vegetables, seafood, and tofu plus beans, breads (as well as things to eat on or with bread), and dessert.

Recipes include Baked Kale Salad with Chili Quinoa, Breaded Beans with Nutty Skhug, Whitefish Peperonata, and Crispy Rice in Sungold-Miso Broth, plus simple breads like Sweet Potato Focaccia and Ripple Bread. The desserts chapter tempts with recipes like Tiny Salted Tiramisu Cookies and Butternut Squash Cake with Cinnamon Whipped Cream. With tips and techniques as well as kitchen wisdom she’s picked up on her cooking journey, Justine Cooks is a delicious invitation to explore your own cooking style and creativity.

Justine Doiron is the recipe developer and food creator behind Justine_Snacks. Known for her simple, inventive recipes across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, Justine specializes in comfortable, cookable food with a focus on seasonality and approachable ingredients. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Bon Appétit, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, and more. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Becky Selengut is an author, instructor, speaker, and chef based in Seattle. She is the author of Shroom (Andrews & McMeel, 2014), Good Fish (Sasquatch, 2018), and How to Taste (Sasquatch, 2018). She has co-authored several books, including The Washington Local and Seasonal Cookbook and Not One Shrine: Two Food Writers Devour Tokyo. She also writes freelance article and develops recipes for local and national publications like Serious Eats, Eating Well, Marx Foods, and more. She is a staff instructor at The Pantry Cooking School in Ballard and the chef aboard the M/V Thea Foss.

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