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
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
Read MoreTurshen's new healthy cookbook celebrates comfort food and has nothing to do with weight loss — it's a revolution
By Joseph Neese / Salon, March 14, 2021
Read MoreNew York Times bestselling cookbook author and food equity advocate Julia Turshen has always known exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up. Turshen—who worked with Gwenyth Paltrow, former Food & Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin, and contributed to numerous cookbooks before writing her own—says cookbooks have always been essential to her. “As a kid,” she says from her home in upstate New York, “I couldn’t fall asleep unless I read a cookbook before bed.” Her newest release, Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (out March 2), is filled with make-ahead mains, vegan one-pot meals like stewed chickpeas over couscous, and her go-to sides (cheesy ranch grits!).
Bust Magazine, Spring 2021
Read MoreLet Julia Turshen teach you to love home cooking, embrace community-supported agriculture, and abandon diet culture.
By Julia Gomez Kramer / The Cut, March 8, 2021
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
Read MoreJulia 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
Read MoreFor 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
Read MoreHer big project this year is "Simply Julia" (Harper Wave, $32.50), a new cookbook that explores her food identity and what it means to eat "healthy" and have complicated relationships with food and our bodies.
She finished the book before the pandemic started, but she was able to rewrite many parts to reflect this difficult year, including this recipe for ropa vieja, which she served to first responders in her area early in the pandemic.
By Addie Broyles / Austin 360, March 5, 2021
Read MoreFood writer and social activist Julia Turshen hasn’t tried the Wendy’s sandwich. But her brand-new book, Simply Julia: 101 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (HarperCollins; $26), does offer a recipe for jalapeño popper chicken that shows why the combination is so compelling.
“It’s the most useful book I’ve done,” she says. “I know, from talking to home cooks on Instagram and other spaces, what stresses out people about cooking at home.”
By Kate Krader / Bloomberg, March 5, 2021
Read More“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
Read MoreThey say that rain on your wedding day is good luck. But what does it mean when it pours on the afternoon of your bat mitzvah? Such is the question cookbook author Julia Turshen had to reckon with at 13.
By Samantha Leach / The Spiel, March 3, 2021
Read MoreIn this episode of The Feel Good Effect, we’re talking with bestselling author, Julia Turshen! She shares how to cultivate a daily habit of connection with food, with yourself, and with others. Julia also shares a glimpse into her newest cookbook, Simply Julia: 110 Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food.
The Feel Good Effect, Mar 3, 2021
Read MoreKate 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
Read MoreWe’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
Read MoreWeber? 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
Read MorePrudence is joined this week by Julia Turshen, the author of the critically acclaimed cookbooks, Now & Again, Feed the Resistance, and Small Victories. Her new cookbook was released this month, and it’s titled, Simply Julia. She’s also the host of the podcast, Keep Calm and Cook On.
Prudie and Turshen dig into letters about what to consider with a daughter who you fear smokes and eats too much, how to handle an ailing mom who makes you feel bad about your weight, how to get colleagues to stop addressing you as “dear”, what to consider when you find it distasteful that your sister is giving non-professional advice on the internet.
Dear Prudence, March 2, 2021
Read MoreCookbook author Julia Turshen talks with David and Renee about her new book, Simply Julia, and how cooking builds community and connection, quashes anxiety, and creates lifelong memories.
With David Leite and Renee Schettler / Talking With My Mouth Full - Leite’s Culinaria, March 2, 2021
Read MoreThe title says it all—Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food is packed with dishes you can cook and enjoy at home with little stress.
By Caroline Jones / Washington City Paper, March 2, 2021
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