Keep Calm And Cook On With Julia Turshen

Deb Perelman in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Book Larder for hosting this conversation!Deb is a self-taught home cook, photographer and the creator of smittenkitchen.com. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling cookbooks The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Every Day. Deb lives in New York City with her husband and their two children.Follow-up links:For more about this season's partner, check out BetterThanBouillon.ComTo order a signed copy of Simply Julia  from Oblong Books, head hereFor more about Book Larder, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Deb Perelman, head hereFor a cute photo of Winky (one of Julia's dogs), who makes an 'appearance' during this event, head here 

Pati Jinich in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Book Passage for hosting this conversation!Pati Jinich is the star of Pati’s Mexican Table, her PBS television series that has aired for 9 seasons and gets nearly 30 million views in the United States. The show has received three James Beard Awards for Best Culinary Television Program and Pati has also won the award for Outstanding Personality/TV Host. The show has also received three Daytime Emmy nominations and is streamed in 80 countries worldwide. Pati is also a celebrated cookbook author and the mother of three sons. Follow-up links:For more about this season's partner, check out BetterThanBouillon.ComTo order a signed copy of Simply Julia  from Oblong Books, head hereFor more about Book Passage, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Pati Jinich, head hereFor the photo that Pati and Julia discuss that depicts Julia giving her great-

Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, in conversation with Julia Turshen about Intuitive Eating and so much more. Evelyn Tribole is an award-winning registered dietitian, author, and speaker who also has a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. Evelyn has written many books, including Intuitive Eating which she coauthored with Elyse Resch and is currently in its fourth edition. Evelyn’s latest book is Intuitive Eating for Every Day. Evelyn and Julia talk about how both of their work has evolved over time, how they hold ourselves accountable for work they don’t feel as great about now as we did when they made it, how they define success, and more. If you enjoy this episode, please share it with someone else you think might enjoy it, too! And be sure to rate and review the show wherever you listen to it. Helpful follow-up links:For more about Evelyn and her work, head here.For more about Evelyn's new book, Intuitive Eating for Every Day, head here.To follow Evelyn on Instagram, head here.For th

God’s Love Deliver believes that food is medicine. And that food is love. God’s Love We Deliver cooks and home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves. They have been serving every New York City borough since 1985 and now also serve clients in parts of New Jersey, Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau Counties. Their work is a model for communities across the country. To support the health of their clients, God’s Love We Deliver also provides ongoing nutrition assessment, education, and counseling. It is a non-sectarian organization serving people in need and their children and caregivers. All of their services are provided free to clients and full of love.On this episode, Julia talks to four longtime members of GLWD's staff:  Daniel Metzger (Executive Chef), Lisa Zullig (Director of Nutrition Services), Dorella Walters (Senior Director of External Program Affairs), and Alissa Wassung (Director of Policy and Planning).HELPFUL FOLLOW-UP LINKS:For more about G

Kristina Gill is a Nashville-born food and travel photographer and cookbook author who lives and works in Rome. In addition to her award-winning creative work in food, she is also a humanitarian advisor and supports the United Nations' World Food Programme.Helpful follow-up links:For more about Kristina and work, head here.To follow Kristina on Instagram, head here.For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.For a signed copy of Simply Julia, head here to order from Oblong Books.For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.For more about Oxo, head here.Important organizations to support: World Food Programme, Share the Meal, UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO and CARE.

For years Aubrey Gordon, author of the newly released book What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, wrote anonymously as "Your Fat Friend" about the social realities of life as a very fat person. Her work has been translated into 19 languages and covered around the world. She has written for many notable outlets, including this recent op-ed in the New York Times, Leave Fat Kids Alone, and she is a columnist with SELF Magazine, where she writes about health, weight stigma, and fatness. Aubrey is also one half of the podcast Maintenance Phase, which she makes and hosts with Michael Hobbes. Every other Tuesday they debunk the junk science behind health & wellness fads, and decode their cultural meaning. She and Julia talk about all of this— the book, the podcast, and so much more, and also discuss Aubrey's decade of experience doing community organizing for the queer community.HELPFUL FOLLOW-UP LINKS:Click here for Aubrey's article Just Say Fat (referenced in the episode introduction).For more about

Dr. Jessica B. Harris, award-winning food historian and one of the world’s leading experts on the foodways of African Diaspora, and Klancy Miller, Founder of For the Culture magazine and author of Cooking Solo, join Julia to discuss the first issue of For the Culture, legacy, money, and more.Dr. Harris is the author of twelve critically acclaimed, essential cookbooks including Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa’s Gifts to New World Cooking, Sky Juice and Flying Fish: Traditional Caribbean Cooking, The Welcome Table: African-American Heritage Cooking, The Africa Cookbook, and High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America. She’s also the author of My Soul Looks Back, a memoir published in 2017 that combines her powerful writing with her remarkable stories about her relationships with people like Dr. Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, and James Baldwin. My Soul Looks Back was a finalist for the PEN/Open Book Award. In 2020, Dr. Harris received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the James Beard Foundation.In

Mavis-Jay Sanders and Sicily Sierra Johnson, the couple behind Food Plus People, join Julia to discuss their business, intentions, and more.Helpful follow-up links:For more about Food Plus People and to order their products, head here.To follow Food Plus People on Instagram, head here.To support Food Plus People's Go Fund Me, head here.For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.For a signed/personalized copy of Simply Julia from Oblong Books, head here.For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.For more about Oxo, head here.

Pati Jinich is the star of Pati’s Mexican Table, her PBS television series that has aired for 9 seasons and gets nearly 30 million views in the United States. The show has received three James Beard Awards for Best Culinary Television Program and Pati has also won the award for Outstanding Personality/TV Host. The show has also received three Daytime Emmy nominations and is streamed in 80 countries worldwide. Pati is also a celebrated cookbook author and the mother of three sons. She and Julia discuss how she left being a political analysts to start work in food media, only to find her way back to politics through food. They talk about the lack of ego in her work, the intention and stamina she puts into her show, how she fills her well, and what’s not willing to negotiate.Helpful follow-up links:For more about Pati and her show and books, head here.For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.For more about Oxo, head here.

Julia Turshen in conversation with Vivian Howard, restauranter, star of two PBS shows (A Chef's Life and Somewhere South) and bestselling cookbook author (Deep Run Roots and This Will Make It Taste Good). Helpful links:For more about Vivian, click here.To order a copy of This Will Make it Taste Good, click here.For more about Julia, click here.To pre-order a signed copy of Simply Julia, click here.For more about OXO, click here. For their turntables, click here.

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Helpful follow-up links:Simply JuliaFood Heaven Soom Foods (use the code KEEPCALM for 15% off!)OxoAdditional Books and Articles:Smash the Wellness Industry (Jessica Knoll Op-Ed in the New York Times)Anti-Diet by Chirsty HarrisonIntuitive Eating (book and more by Evelyn Tribole and  Elyse Resch)Lindo Bacon (Health at Every Size, Body Respect, and Radical Belonging)What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon (Your Fat Friend) 

On this holiday bonus episode of Keep Calm & Cook On: Carla Hall, former co-host of The Chew and contestant on Top Chef, talks to Julia about authenticity, imposter syndrome, and more.Follow-up links:Carla HallCarla's InstagramHelen Keller InternationalGreat Jones (enter the code 'CALM' at checkout for 15% off your order!)Julia Turshen

Yemi Amu, from Oko Farms in Brooklyn, talks to Julia about aquaponics, expansion, and the healing capacity of her work. Yemi is the farmer and educator behind Oko Farms in Brooklyn, New York, an aquaponics farm that not only produces fish and produce and flowers, but also works as an educational farm. Our food community is at its best with people like Yemi doing the work she’s doing. She’s in the middle of raising money to expand into a second location at the Weeksville Heritage Center— please consider supporting her and her important work. The link to donate is below.Follow-up links:Oko FarmsDonate to Oko Farms's expansion!Weeksville Heritage CenterNaina Marballi’s Ayurvedic practice Great Jones (be sure to use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!)Julia Turshen

Lezli Harvell is a board-certified pediatric dentist, who has spent her career providing oral healthcare to healthy and special needs children. She and her husband run a center called Dental Kidz, with a Z, in Newark, New Jersey. She’s also a mother of 5 daughters. Along with a passion for good health and family, Lezli is passionate about food and about breaking the antiquated industry traditions that go along with it. A dual citizen of the United States and Jamaica, Lezli is the creator and curator of The Iconoclast Dinner Experience (also known as IDE). IDE is an event series that has been celebrating diversity and culture through food since 2015. IDE now runs annual events in New York, Chicago and Martha’s Vineyard. IDE strives to broaden the food conversation by honoring chefs, sommeliers, and spirit trailblazers of color. All event proceeds benefit Lezli’s alma matter Spelman College students from Jamaican and sub-Saharan African countries.Julia met with Dr. Lezli on her lunch break and they spoke about

Lagusta Yearwood founded Lagusta’s Luscious, an artisinal vegan chocolate company in 2003. Over the last 16 years, she has grown the chocolate business into 3 brick-and-mortars— a chocolate shop and a café in New Paltz, New York, and a sweets shop in Manhattan’s East Village. She also just came out with a brand new cookbook titled SWEET + SALTY: The Art of Vegan Chocolates, Truffles, Caramels and More.Lagusta and Julia talk about Lagusta's businesses, her book, the complication of operating a business while also questioning capitalism, the power of listening to your employees and developing systems, knowing how and when and why to grow, and how to navigate working with friends.Follow-up links:Lagusta's podcast 'Thanks in Advance'Lagusta's LusciousLagusta's book Sweet + Saltythe Smoky Corn-on-the-Cob Chocolate Bar Lagusta mentionedHow to Not Always Be Working, the book Lagusta mentionedWoodstock Animal SanctuaryNow & Again, Julia's latest cookbook which includes her recipes for matzo ball soup and turkey m

Alexander Smalls is a modern Renaissance man. A world-renowned opera singer with both a Grammy and a Tony under his belt, Alexander is also a visionary restaurateur who has brought 5 important New York restaurants into the world— The Cecil, Minton’s, Café Beulah, Sweet Ophelia’s, and Shoebox Cafe. He’s also a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author. Most of all, he’s a warm and welcoming host. He and Julia speak about home, collecting, grief, legacy, storytelling, and, of course, food.  Follow-up links:For more about Alexander Smalls, head here.For a tour of Alexander's apartment, head here.For more about the Harlem Schools of the Arts, head here.To donate to Angel Food East, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about Great Jones, head here (and don't forget to enter the code 'CALM' for 15% off of any order!!) 

Alison Roman is a cookbook author, columnist for The New York Times, and all around busy person. She and Julia sat down to talk about the work they do as cookbook authors and what some of their challenges are and also what motivates them. Follow-up links:For more about Alison Roman and her new book Nothing Fancy, head here.For more about Great Jones, head here.For more about Oko Farms, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.

Bonnie Slotnick, of Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks, talks with Julia about her life and career.Plus shout-outs to Oko Farms and Save NYC, ideas for apples, a curated guide to the Hudson Valley from Julia and her wife, Grace.Show follow-up links:Bonnie Slotnick CookbooksHelp Oko Farms!Save NYCApplesauce Cake with Cream Cheese + Honey FrostingDorie Greenspan on Baked ApplesThanks to Oxo for sponsoring this episode!Hudson Valley Farm Stands + Restaurants Links:Westwind Orchard in AccordSaunderskill Farms in AccordDavenport Farms in Stone RidgeCherries Ice Cream in Stone Ridge *get the turkey reuben!Top Taste in Kingston *tell them Julia sent you!Julia's article about Top Taste for Bon AppétitDiego’s in KingstonMi Pueblito in KingstonEgg’s Nest in High FallsKitchenette in High FallsHash in Stone RidgeRoost in Stone RidgeStonehouse Tavern in AccordGaby’s in EllenvilleSook House in EllenvilleDominican Restaurant in EllenvilleLagusta’s Lucious Confections in New PaltzLLC Commissary in New PaltzGadaletto’s Seafood in New