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COOKING AND EATING WITH FRIENDS

Home cook and author Julia Turshen joins us to discuss pandemic cooking fatigue, why the stories behind recipes matter, and how she learned to love cooking and eating. Her latest cookbook is Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food.

Call Your Girlfriend, April 23, 2021

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Julia Turshen’s New Cookbook Redefines ‘Health Food’ in a Body-Positive—And Delicious—Way

When it comes to food, the concept of "health" has become an increasingly fraught one; for proof, all you need to do is look at the many eating plans that market themselves as revolutionary new ways of making you feel good about yourself, when really, they're just...diets, which have been shown to be ineffective as a long-term means of keeping off weight. That's why cook, writer and all-around food expert Julia Turshen's new cookbook Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food feels so revolutionary; along with powerful essays, childhood memories, and love letters to her wife Grace, Turshen's book contains recipes that prioritize taste and accessibility, not weight loss.

By Emma Specter / Vogue, March 17, 2021

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Julia Turshen on Home Cooking, Body Image, and the word “Healthy‪”‬

Home chef and New York Times bestselling author Julia Turshen joins us to talk about her journey to writing cookbooks, her relationship with her body, and her personal, new cookbook Simply Julia. We also hear the adorable story of how she met her wife, Grace (a true Internet meet-cute!) and discuss her inclusive food database, Equity at the Table.

Bad On Paper, March 17, 2021

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Julia Turshen: Cooking Up Comfort‪!

Julia Turshen is the bestselling author of cookbooks like Now & Again, Feed the Resistance, and Small Victories, and hosts the IACP-nominated podcast called ‘Keep Calm and Cook On.’ Epicurious has called her one of the 100 Greatest Home Cooks of All Time and The New York Times has described her “at the forefront of the new generation of authentic, approachable authors.” Now, her latest cookbook, Simply Julia, is receiving praise from people like Jennifer Garner, Carla Hall, and Antoni Porowski, and ME, on this very podcast.

She’s a Woman with Miz Cracker, March 15, 2021

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The Hidden Labor Behind Cookbooks & Recipe‪s‬

Julia Turshen – a bestselling cookbook author, food writer and food equity advocate – joins Justin and Soleil to discuss all the considerations of recipe making. From pitch to publication, Turshen shares the steps of making her latest cookbook, “Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food.” Plus, hosts Soleil Ho and Justin Phillips take on the headnotes debate.

Extra Spicy, March 15, 2021

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Julia Turshen on Writing a Very Personal Cookboo‪k‬

This week host Rumaan Alam talks to cookbook author Julia Turshen about her career as a professional home cook and her new book Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. In the interview, Julia explains why she was drawn to cookbooks from a young age and how she later managed to combine her love of writing and her love of cooking into one career. She also talks about the deeply personal details in Simply Julia and discusses why she’s trying to get readers in and out of the kitchen “as easily and as efficiently as possible.”

Working, March 14, 2021

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reality bites with julia turshen

As a chef and cookbook author Julia Turshen has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to sharing ideas for home-cooking that are approachable, accessible, and delicious. Her brand new book Simply Julia, proves to be no exception. But more than that, Julia’s work actively combats the racial and gender-based discrimination that’s long riddled the food industry—she’s the founder of Equity At The Table (EATT), a digital directory that “builds a longer table” for women, non-binary individuals, and people of color working in food. Read on for a peek into the life she’s forged in the Hudson Valley.

Passerbuys, March 7, 2021

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Julia Turshen: Equitable Storytelling Through Home Cooking

Julia Turshen is a home cook and food writer, author of the cookbooks Now & Again, Feed the Resistance and Small Victories, among others. The founder of Equity at the Table and host of the podcast Keep Calm and Cook On, Turshen lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her wife, Grace, and their pets. Her latest book, Simply Julia: 100 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (Harper Wave, $32.50; reviewed below), offers recipes featuring a healthier take on the simple, satisfying comfort food for which Turshen is known.

Shelf Awareness, March 5, 2021

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Cookbook Author Julia Turshen on Laid-Back Sundays and the Magic of Breakfast Hand Pies

For food writer and cookbook author Julia Turshen, Sundays are about relaxing, recharging, and reconnecting. She and her wife, Grace Bonney, are both self-employed and worked from home pre-pandemic, so they’re well-versed in the all-the-days-run-together phenomenon. But on Sundays, they make a conscious effort to take a break and slow down, and that includes in the kitchen.

I recently had the chance to talk with Julia about her weekend breakfast routine (past and present); her new book, Simply Julia; and her personal feelings about meal planning.

By Nina Elder / Kitchn, March 5, 2021

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Julia Turshen, SIMPLY JULIA

“It’s like you unveiled yourself over every dish.” Zibby talks with cookbook author Julia Turshen about the deeply personal nature of Julia's 15th cookbook, including its revelatory essay on body image and self-worth. They discuss cooking when you don’t feel like it and the pandemic’s impact on the cookbook.

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read, March 4, 2021

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Cooking = Love with Julia Turshen

Kate lets work stress get the better of her hard-earned routines and Doree volunteers as an act of self-care. Then, Julia Turshen takes a break from her cooking to chat with Kate and Doree about how cooking and reality tv play a role in her self-care, what The Matrix has to do with diet culture, and why food justice can mean something different from one person to another.

Forever 35, March 3, 2021

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The Poetry of Cooking with Julia Turshen

We’re so thrilled to bring you this interview with Julia Turshen, where we talk about all things food, cooking, body image, and social justice. Julia Turshen is the bestselling author of Small Victories, Feed the Resistance, and Now & Again. Her latest cookbook, Simply Julia, will be out in March, 2021. She is the founder of Equity At The Table (EATT), an inclusive digital directory of women/non-binary individuals in food, and the host of Keep Calm and Cook On, a podcast. Make sure to tune in till the very end for a fire round with listener questions!

Food Heaven Podcast, March 3, 2021

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Grilling w/ Julia Turshen

Weber? I hardly know her! Yes, it’s the first week in March, but it’s never too soon to talk about grilling! Especially when home chef and author Julia Turshen is on hand to discuss tips, tricks, and best practices for this cooking method that isn’t inherently queer but sure feels queer. Julia answered all our burning questions like, what are the best things to grill? Do you need ‘dad’ jokes in your back pocket to be a grill master? Charcoal or propane? And why can’t cis men stop flipping and poking things? Before firing up the grill convo, we learn about the L Word-inspired recipe in her latest cookbook Simply Julia (out now) and her other approachable (and delicious) recipes. Plus, Melody asks Carolyn to clear up her past stance on Joss Whedon (boooo!), we tell you how much we care about I Care A Lot, and take a second to dunk on Oreo. Finally, we answer a question from an in-the-closet listener who is wondering about timing.

Dyking Out with Carolyn Bergier & Melody Kamali, March 2, 2021

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