Justine Cooks: Recipes (Mostly Plants) for Finding Your Way in the Kitchen

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Find and refine your cooking style through 110 approachable and innovative plant-forward recipes from popular blogger and social media storyteller Justine Doiron.

“Justine Cooks is like your culinary buddy, encouraging you to try those daring flavor combos or master techniques you thought were out of reach. It’s an indispensable guide for both seasoned chefs and home cooking enthusiasts alike.”—Carla Hall, chef personality and author of Carla Hall’s Soul Food

A BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Today, Food & Wine

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.