59. Vegan Cookbooks 101—Finding Your Match With Dustin Harder

There are so many vegan cookbooks, it can be hard to choose. But a great plant-based cookbook can absolutely change the game and make you love living vegan and cooking plant-based meals. So this episode is all about: Cookbooks!  Your guide to starting a beautiful, colorful, delicious, fun relationship with cooking food. In this episode, we interview Dustin Harder to talk about the hard work that comes with everything cookbook-related. Finding good cookbooks is a beginner vegans' entryway into the lifestyle, and yet this kind of gold is difficult to find. Dustin talks about how to find the best cookbooks for you, as well as how to leave good reviews to raise the cookbook author up.  If you're interested in expanding your knowledge in vegan recipes through cookbooks, this podcast episode will definitely help you. 2:03 - Sponsors: Better Than Bouillon, making your food extra delicious; Cariloha, comfortable bamboo clothing 5:50 - A Glimpse of Dustin Harder 7:00 - Celebrate Small Wins, Peer Pressure is Overrated 10:01 - Let Them Be Weirded Out and Curious About You 13:20 - Cookbooks: Your Friend in the Kitchen 21:13 - The Success of Recipes is Relative To One's Taste 27:19 - Look for A Cookbook That is A Good Fit For You 28:38 - Good Reviews Are Heads-Ups to The Author 30:12 - Hard Work Births the Best Cookbooks 32:09 - Find the Gold, Avoid The Not-So Good 34:26 - Be Smart! Check Recipe Samples Before Getting the Book 35:24 - Do Your Research in the Cookbook World 37:11 - What To Look For in a Cookbook 40:13 - Dustin's Highly Recommended Cookbooks 45:11 - Find Justin on Social Media! Awesome Vegan Cookbooks: The Friendly Vegan Cookbook (Our Cookbook!) Dustin's Cookbooks Toni's Other Cookbooks Top 10 Best Vegan Cookbooks that Every Herbivore Needs (World of Vegan) 10 Vegan Dessert Cookbooks to Add To Your Shelf (World of Vegan) Favorite Cookbooks from Plant-Based on a Budget