Husband-and-wife team Justin Fox Burks and Amy Lawrence are the authors of four vegetarian cookbooks:
Low-Carb Vegetarian Cookbook: 100 Easy Recipes (Rockridge Press, 2020)
The Chubby Vegetarian: 100 Inspired Recipes for the Modern Table (Susan Schadt Press, 2016)
Southern Vegetarian: 100 Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Table (Thomas Nelson Harper Collins, 2013)
Justin and Amy write articles about restaurants and home cooking in addition to working on photography and styling for clients of Justin Fox Burks Photo Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. They’re currently developing new recipes that will become a part of their 5th vegetarian cookbook.
Justin and Amy were invited to speak at the James Beard Foundation in New York City for the Enlightened Eaters series; they cooked three dishes and gave a lecture on their unique style of Southern cooking. They have appeared on The Great Food Truck Race and P. Allen Smith’s Garden Style.
Their creative take on vegetarian food has been highlighted by:
The New York Times
The Washington Post
The New Republic
Woman’s Day
Chowhound
okra. magazine
The Kitchn
Natural Awakenings
Local Palate
The Huffington Post
The Food Network
Edible Memphis
Memphis Magazine
The Memphis Flyer
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