Keep On Cookin'

Authors of Horizons: Gourmet Meatless Cuisine, Horizons: New Vegan Cuisine, Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small That Redefine Vegetable Cooking and V Street: 100 Globe-Hopping Plates on the Cutting Edge of Vegetable Cooking. Husband and wife team Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby are the Chefs and Owners of Philadelphia's renowned vegetable restaurant, Vedge.  In recent years, they have grown their restaurant group to include their street food bar, V Street, as well as their latest effort, Fancy Radish, in Washington DC.

Chef Rich Landau, a pioneer of the modern plant-based dining experience, opened his first restaurant, Horizons, in 1994. Winner of Food Networks Chopped. Landau has used the carnivore’s palate he grew up with to translate vegan cuisine to a broader audience. In 2009 Landau and Jacoby cooked the first Vegan meal ever served at the James Beard House in Manhattan. 

In 2011 they opened “Vedge” in an elegant Center city Philadelphia brownstone to national acclaim.

Chef Kate Jacoby studied French and Sociology at Georgetown. In 2001, she switched gears to join Landau at Horizons. Her work in the kitchen beside Landau helped hone her pastry skills and shaped her approach to desserts. A James Beard Nominated Pastry Chef and a Certified Sommelier, her recent focus also includes overseeing the Beverage Program at all their restaurants and directing expansion for the restaurant group. 

Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby: vedgerestaurant.com
Rich Landau IG: @chefrichlandau
Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG @Theveganroadie 

Natalie Slater is a blogger and the author of the cookbook Bake and Destroy: Good Food for Bad Vegans. Bake and Destroy features original vegan recipes influenced by punk rock, heavy metal, junk food and maybe a bit of pro-wrestling. Occasionally Natalie will interview chefs, indie designers and other interesting folks for the blog as well.

She heads up marketing for Upton's Naturals, as well as their two Chicago restaurants Upton's Breakroom and Liberation Donuts. 

Natalie has appeared on several TV shows on The Food Network, The Cooking Channel, and WTTW Chicago Tonight and has appeared on the pages of Time Out Chicago and Bust Magazine. She has been fired from more reality TV shows than you can imagine.

Natalie Slater: bakeanddestroy.com IG: @bakeanddestroy

Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com IG: @TheVeganRoadie 

First breaking onto the culinary scene as the only vegan chef to capture the top prize on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars, Chef Chloe Coscarelli has since been recognized for bringing vegan cuisine to the mainstream as an award-winning chef, successful entrepreneur, and bestselling cookbook author. She has published four bestselling cookbooks, and in 2015 she opened her first restaurant, by CHLOE., bringing healthy and satisfying vegan and plant-based dishes to the masses. She later partnered with Tom Colicchio utilizing his craft space in NYC for her wildly successful pop-up series Supernatural along with her successful cafe Chef Chloe and The Vegan Cafe in Miami. 
chefchloe.com Instagram: @ChefChloe

Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com Instagram: @TheVeganRoadie 

Tracye McQuirter, MPH, was named a national food hero changing the way America eats for the better by Vegetarian Times. She's the author of AGELESS VEGAN and BY ANY GREENS NECESSARY, which established her as one of the most influential vegans in the country. Tracye directed the nation's first federally funded vegan nutrition program and was a nutrition advisor for the Black Women's Health Imperative. You can now join Tracey's 10,000 Vegan Black Women Movement (a jump start vegan guide) at byanygreensnecessary.com Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Essence, Bon Appetit, Ebony, VegNews, the Huffington Post, and more.
Tracye is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School, Amherst College, and New York University, where she received a master's degree in public health nutrition.

Tracye McQuirter: byanygreensnecessary.com Instagram: @byanygreens 

Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com Instagram: @Theveganroadie 

Miyoko has been delivering up her style of gourmet vegan cuisine to the public for decades through her many enterprises, including a restaurant, natural food company, cooking classes, lectures, and books. Her titles include the groundbreaking book, Artisan Vegan Cheese, and the most recent, The Homemade Vegan Pantry. Miyoko is the founder of Miyoko's Kitchen, makers of artisanal vegan cheese available at key retailers and online at miyokos.com. She is co-host of Vegan Mashup, a cooking show on the Create Channel and seen on PBS. She is also the founder of plantbasedfoods.org and Rancho Compassion Sanctuary. Instagram: @moyokoschinner @miyokoscreamery 

Dustin Harder: veganroadie.com Instagram: @Theveganroadie

Keep On Cookin celebrates plant powered cookbooks and the authors who write them. Inspiring home cooks to keep on cookin' with a behind the scenes look at how these cookbooks comes to life. Premieres Tuesday September 22, 2020.