Keep On Cookin'

Toni Okamoto is the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies. She’s also author of the Plant-Based on a Budget Cookbook, co-author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook, and the co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast. Okamoto’s work has been profiled by NBC News, Parade Magazine, and she’s a regular presence on local and national morning shows across the country, where she teaches viewers how to break their meat habit without breaking their budget. She was also featured in the popular documentary What the Health. When she’s not cooking up a plant-based storm, she’s spending time with her husband and their rescued dog in Sacramento, CA.

Michelle Cehn is the founder of the popular food and lifestyle website World of Vegan and a YouTube personality who has reached millions through her creative and relatable videos. She is also co-host of the Plant-Powered People Podcast and co-creator of the 12-Day Dairy Detox, Plant Based on a Budget Meal Plans, and 7 Days documentary. Michelle has been on a lifelong mission to make kind and healthy living enticing, easy, and fun, ever since the age of eight when she first became a vegetarian. Also a passionate photographer and filmmaker, you can find her dishing out mouth-watering food photos and inspiration daily on Instagram, hanging with her pup Chance, and stepping into parenthood with her hubby Dan.

Toni Okamoto: plantbasedonabudget.com IG: @plantbasedonabudget
Michelle Cehn: worldofvegan.com IG: @vegan
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @TheVeganRoadie
David Rossetti: davorossetti.com IG: @drossetti 

Matt Frazier is a vegan ultramarathoner, author, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of the No Meat Athlete movement. Matt's books have sold over 100,000 copies in five languages, and he and his work have been featured in books by Rich Roll, Seth Godin, and Kathy Freston; print magazines such as Runner’s World, Trail Runner, Outside, Health, and VegNews, and other media including CNN, Sports Illustrated, People, Huffington Post, Forbes, Business Insider, and WebMD. Matt is the co-founder of Complement, 80/20 Plants, and Plant Bites, three brands that share a mission to grow the plant-based movement and help vegans thrive. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his wife, two children, and rescued dog.

Matt Frazier: nomeatathlete.com IG: nomeatathlete_official
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie.com 
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti 

Ciarra Siller is the creator of the popular blog peanutbutterpluschocolate.com. She is an accomplished actor in addition to being an outstanding food photographer and recipe developer.  Her new book Vegan Chocolate Treats 60 Indulgent Sweets to Satisfy Your Inner Chocoholic is available everywhere books are sold. 

Ciarra Siller: peanutbutterpluschocolate.com IG: @peanutbutterpluschocolate 
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

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Lagusta Yearwood started her culinary career as a form of activism as a graduate from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York. She went on to serve as a  private chef in nyc for many years and then ran her own food delivery business which then ran simultaneously with her confectionary services,  all under the title of Lagusta’s Luscious. 

It all came back to chocolate when she officially opened the first vegan chocolate shop in the world, Lagusta’s Luscious in New Paltz, NY.  Lagusta’s Luscious also operates Commisary! A cafe just a couple blocks from Lagusta’s Luscious also in New Paltz, NY, and Confectionary! A retail sweets shop in New York City.

In her book, Sweet X Salty Lagusta shares her secrets with us with a behind the scenes look at successfully running multiple businesses to learning how to make beautiful shiny caramels, rich truffles, and all kinds of quirky, unique, and fancy treats. She shares these secrets and so much more in her book Sweet X Salty The Art of Vegan Chocolates, Truffles, Caramels and more from Lagusta's Luscious. 

Lagusta Yearwood: lagustasluscious.com IG: @lagusta @Lagustasluscious 
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

Lauren is the founder, recipe developer and photographer behind the incredibly successful food blog Rabbit and Wolves.

She is passionate about not eating animals, listening to true crime podcasts as well as reading and watching horror movies. Lauren literally giggles with joy when someone tells her that her recipes make it easy to be vegan. 

She has built her life around creating unique vegan recipes and pushing the envelope with what can be made vegan. I’m so excited for you to get to know her a little better, here she is, Lauren Hartmann. 

Lauren Hartmann: rabbitandwolves.com IG @rabbitandwolves
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

Lauren D’Agostino is a private plant-based chef, intuitive cooking coach, speaker, and author, helping people fall in love with plant-based food. She serves high-vibe vegan and gluten-free menus infused with doTERRA essential oils and recipes from her cookbook, “Plant-Based Cooking with Essential Oils.” 

 Her seasonal menus are paired with clean-crafted, organic, and vegan Scout & Cellar wine. Inspired by her work as a professional vegan chef, the global consciousness awakening, and her own transition into living a delicious plant-based life, she is guiding others to create lasting habits by incorporating more plants, both on and off the plate.

 She believes that everyone could benefit from eating and using more plants and works with her clients in three delicious ways. Lauren supports yoga instructors, energy healers, mindfulness and meditation teachers, wellness coaches, and holistic leaders who are really excited to offer their services in a retreat setting. With a great rental home and the right private chef, they can host a transformative retreat any time, anywhere. 

​She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the Isenberg School of Business at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the Patisserie & Baking Program at Le Cordon Bleu.

Lauren D'Agostino: laurendagostino.com IG: @cheflaurendagostino 
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

Nava Atlas is the author of many vegetarian and vegan cookbooks, most recently Plant-Powered Protein and Vegan on a Budget. Some previous titles include 5-Ingredient Vegan, Wild About Greens, Vegan Holiday Kitchen and Vegan Soups and Hearty Stews for All Seasons.  She has an expansive website showcasing her culinary endeavors at theveganatlas.com.

In addition to cookbooks, Nava produces visual nonfiction books, including The Literary Ladies' Guide to the Writing Life. Its companion website literaryladiesguide.com explores the lives and literature of classic women authors. Nava is also an active fine artist specializing in limited edition artist's books and text-driven objects. Her work is shown and collected by museums and universities across the U.S. You can see her work at navaatlasart.com.

Nava Atlas: theveganatlas.com, literaryladiesguide.com, navaatlasart.com IG: @navaatlas
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie 
David Rossetti: davodrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

Jackie Sobon is a food photographer, recipe developer, and cookbook author.  She is the founder of the popular food blog Vegan Yack Attack, which has been growing since 2011 and placed on many top blog lists showcasing her creative recipes and stunning photography. 

Her work has been featured on websites such as KTLA News, Bon Appetit, Good Morning America, VegNews.com, KrissCarr.com, PureWow, Babble, and Buzzfeed. Jackie has photographed cookbooks for the likes of Jason Wrobel, Vegan Mo’s, Happy Herbivore and other plant-based authors; as well self-published three eBooks, contributed to We Love Quinoa (Quantum, Jan 2016). Jackies published works include Vegan Bowl Attack, Vegan Yack Attack On The Go, and Vegan Yack Attack's Meal Prep. 

When she is not contemplating her next creation, or obsessing over vegan mac 'n' cheese, she enjoys traveling, crafting, eating with friends, and spending time in the outdoors

Jackie Sobon: veganyackattack.com, jackiesobonphotography.com IG: @veganyackattack
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @theveganroadie
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti

Dustin and David chat Christmas and eventually, Dustin offers ten of his favorite cookbooks to give as gifts this holiday season. A little bonus episode with gift-giving inspiration for the cook in your life. Enjoy! 

Ashley Madden is a trained and passionate plant-based chef, pharmacist, certified holistic nutrition consultant and food photographer. 

A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis triggered an overhaul of her personal and professional life and ultimately, she traded prescriptions for plants! She shares her flavorful and inventive plant-based, gluten free and oil free culinary creations on her recipe blog RiseShineCook.ca. 

Originally from Canada, Ashley has moved around the world from New York to the Netherlands and currently resides in Taipei with her husband and beloved collection of cookbooks.

Ashley Madden: riseshinecook.ca IG: @riseshinecook
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @veganroadie.com 
David Rossetti: davidrossetti.com IG: @drossetti