Hello.

I’m Heather Crosby—a recipe developer/educator, designer, founder of Good Food Cooking School, and the author of the YumUniverse and Pantry to Plate cookbooks.

A lover of all things plants, I’m also a Master Gardener for my local extension and a Horticultural Therapy practitioner.

I’m dedicated to creating beautiful, thoughtful experiences and helping people reconnect to themselves and others by reconnecting with nature.

Selected work, projects, and interests:

  • If you have dietary restrictions or food sensitivities, Good Food Cooking School (GFCS) is an on-demand, ad-free treasure trove of courses, recipes, and meal planning tools that can help you cook and bake more plant-based, gluten-free meals. 

    GFCS meets you where you are, with exclusive recipes and support to make healthy eating easier, and super delicious every day.

    Learn more

Events & Experiences

  • A pop-up shop experience inspired by all things plants.

    Textiles, art, and more made with homegrown botanicals and their pigments by Heather Crosby.

    Shop, learn, get some inspiration:

    • Textiles & wearables

    • Dried botanicals

    • Paper clay vessels

    • Self-care goods

    • Pottery by Everyday Earthe and Tiny Works Studio

    • Plant-pigment paintings, weavings, and art

    • Biophilia

    • Floriography

    • Horticultural Therapy

    Take a peek

  • In-person group community-based Horticultural Therapy gatherings for reconnection to self and others. Play with plants, learn something new, feel better, repeat.

  • YumUniverse [Benbella Books, 2014]

    No matter where you land on the diet spectrum, more whole, plant-powerful foods can enrich your life and improve your health.

    This first book by Heather Crosby offers a creative collection of 150+ comforting everyday recipes without meat, dairy, gluten, or soy. This is more than a cookbook—it’s a treasure chest that will help you change habits and develop health-promoting recipes of your own, for a lifetime.

    Learn more/get a copy

    Fun fact: I also designed and photographed this book.

  • Pantry to Plate (The Experiment, 2017]

    IMPROVISE MEALS YOU LOVE FROM WHAT YOU HAVE.

    It’s no secret: Cooking at home is good for you—especially if you’re trying to eat more plants (or less gluten). But cooking recipe after recipe can make a healthy lifestyle hard to stick to. Sometimes it’s nice to eat without planning (and shopping) ahead of time.

    In this one-of-a-kind recipe playbook, get 30 mix-and-match master recipe templates that home cooks can infinitely customize and almost 100 new recipes based off those templates.

    Learn more/get a copy

    Fun fact: I also designed, illustrated, and photographed this book.

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