Justine Cooks: A Cookbook - by Justine Doiron (Hardcover)

About the Book

"In her debut cookbook, social media storyteller and food influencer Justine Doiron shares how to find your cooking style through 100 approachable and innovative recipes. Known for her love of vegetables, beans, bread, farmers' markets, and her dog Walter, social media cooking star Justine Doiron turned her hobby of cooking into her creative outlet in her early twenties when she began sharing her recipes and experiences with food on TikTok and Instagram. Over the course of five years, she has found her culinary style as well as the confidence to cook intuitively and create her own unique but unfussy dishes like Baked Kale Salad, Lime-Roasted Cabbage with Turmeric White Bean Mash and Tiny Salted Tiramisu Cookies. In this collection of 100 recipes that highlight her loves of vegetables, tofu, and seafood, home cooks will find the kind of wonderfully original and delicious recipes Justine is known for such as ACV Brussels Sprouts with Toasted Cornmeal, Basil Cucumbers with Slightly Sweet Peanuts, and Parmesan-Crusted Butter Beans. Chapters include snacks like Turmeric Popcorn & Croutons, staples like Crispy, Craggily Croutons and Shimmery, Peppery Hot Sauce, plus mornings, salads, proteins, and more. With these recipes, Justine hopes to teach home cooks how to become more confident through basic techniques along, tips, helpful guides, and lots of encouragement. More than a collection of delicious recipes, Untitled is an invitation to embrace experimentation and creativity in the kitchen"--

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"Doiron has become a go-to source for her plant-forward and pescatarian recipes. This is a great book for meals that are impressive and accessible."--Food & Wine

"[Justine] pulls together a collection of 100-plus plant-forward recipes designed to become familiar favorites. A prosecco-kale risotto, cauliflower with coconut dressing and orange truffle brownie are all worth purchasing the book for."--Forbes

"These are wide-awake concoctions, adorned with crispy sage, apple cider vinegar, brown butter and anything blistered, frizzled, sizzled or smashed. A simple plate of Rosemary-Vinegared Oyster Mushrooms was one of the best things I ate this year, proving that less really is more if your ingredients aren't afraid to shout."--NPR

"I suspect this book will long live next to my stove as a reminder to bring care back into my kitchen."--Simply Recipes

"[Justine's] cookbook . . . strikes a rare balance in that it's accessible to beginners, but will also intrigue more advanced cooks with creative flavors and streamlined processes. Try a double batch of the Greener Zucchini Gratin on Page 143; you will not want to share."--The Washington Post

"As much as Doiron's recipes are inspired by fresh produce, she relies heavily on repeated pantry ingredients and advocates for humble staples like canned legumes. Her recipes are streamlined and unshowy; Doiron wants them to be foundational, not flashes in the pan."--Eater

"This cookbook quite literally set my brain whirring and my mouth watering and basically left me unfit for anything other than cooking my way through it immediately, I do not exaggerate."--Daphne Oz, bestselling cookbook author and Emmy award-winning television host

"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. Get ready to be inspired."--Carla Hall, chef personality and author of Carla Hall's Soul Food

"Whether you're a new or seasoned cook, this book gets you excited to be in the kitchen and Justine is alongside rooting you on."--Colu Henry, author of Back Pocket Pasta and Colu Cooks: Easy Fancy Food

"Apologies to my mother, who tried very hard, but no one can get me to eat my vegetables like Justine. Her plant-forward recipes are intensely crunchy, creamy, crispy, and crave-worthy."--Dan Pelosi, author of Let's Eat

"You are in for a gorgeous and delicious cornucopia of genius cooking tips, flavor combos, recipes, and more. For me, it was the 'obsessive chocolate chip cookie behavior' spread that confirmed Justine and I are indeed soul snack sisters."--Jessie Sheehan, author of Salty, Cheesy, Herby, Crispy Snackable Bakes

"Justine's recipes are pure comfort food with a daring sidek. I love that this cookbook resonates with her humor as well as her calm reverence for exceptional ingredients and beans, always beans."--Samantha Brown, host of Samantha Brown's Places to Love

"Not only is this book beautiful, but Justine's approach to cooking makes me crave vegetables in ways I never knew I could. These recipes are flavor bombs with thoughtful steps to make ordinary ingredients shine in a way that meat would only play second fiddle to."--Nini Nguyen, chef and author of Đặc Biệt: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook

About the Author

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.