Joanna Cismaru
Joanna Cismaru is the home cook, recipe developer and cookbook author behind Jo Cooks, sharing comfort food, Romanian family recipes and practical weeknight meals.
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Page Street Publishing
Page Street Publishing
Jo Cooks
Jo CooksOverview
- Known as
- Jo, the creator of Jo Cooks
- Started
- Jo Cooks, 2011
- Roots
- Born in Transylvania, Romania; moved to Canada as a child
- Before blogging
- Software developer
Mini bio
How it started.
Jo learned to cook beside her mother, starting with Romanian food. In 2011, while working as a software developer, she began putting recipes online after her husband Remo suggested a way to stop losing her recipe notebooks.
Recipes readers return to.
She names Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls, No Knead Bread, Sex In A Pan and Magic Cake as recipes that put Jo Cooks on the map.
Beyond the blog.
Her two Page Street cookbooks carry the same practical approach into print. The Big Book of Jo’s Quick and Easy Meals collects 200 recipes with 200 photos. She also created Craving Home Cooked, sharing fast meals and baking.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2021The Big Book of Jo’s Quick and Easy MealsAuthor
- 201630-Minute One-Pot MealsAuthor
Quotes
Enough to remind you that simple food, made with care, still matters.Joanna Cismaru, Jo Cooks
From her May 2025 essay about the relationship between food bloggers and their readers.
Trivia
- Her dogs are named Han Solo and Jack Ryan.
- Homemade lasagna is a particular favorite.
- She describes baking as therapeutic on Craving Home Cooked.
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