Fresh, vegetarian dishes are on the menu at Cookie and Kate, a food blog created by Kansas City-based photographer and cook, Kathryne Taylor. It’s her dog Cookie who shares equal billing at this enticing, vegetarian hot spot.

Name: Kathryne Taylor
Blog: CookieandKate.com
Founded: 2010
Twitter: @CookieandKate
Instagram: @cookieandkate

Describe your cooking style in three words: Fresh. Approachable. Creative.

What’s your signature dish? Depends on the season. My Peanut Sesame Slaw with Soba Noodles is always a hit, though

What do you think is the most underrated ingredient? Tahini. I just got back from Israel and I want to put creamy, nutty tahini in everything now.

What’s the best cooking advice you’ve ever received? You can do it. Cooking seems so intimidating at first, but with a playful, “Let’s try this and see what happens,” sort of attitude, it can be really fun.

If you could share a meal with anyone in history, who would it be? Probably Mindy Kaling, quite simply because she would keep me in stitches.

Images courtesy of CookieandKate.com