Vesanto Melina, The Kick Diabetes CookbookVesanto Melina, MS, Registered Dietitian is and co-author of books that have won awards in the U.S. and Canada and received star rating by the American Library Association as “the go-to books” on plant-based nutrition. Most recent is The Kick Diabetes Cookbook, (with dietitian Brenda Davis); see https://kickdiabetescookbook.com/  Vesanto has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and at Seattle’s Bastyr University, is a government consultant, and is lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets. She is an internationally known speaker. Website:  https://nutrispeak.ca