Keep Calm and Cook On with Julia Turshen

Sharon Salomon, 80, is a competitive powerlifter. She and her coach, Tricia Lucero, join Julia Turshen for a conversation about lifting, training and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.

Le Carr is the co-owner of Rain City Fit in Seattle, Washington. They are also the director of Pride Deadlift Party, an annual block-party style deadlift competition and fundraiser for the Seattle LGBTQIA+ community that has raised tens of thousands of dollars. They joined Julia Turshen to talk about powerlifting, running gyms, competitions and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Le on IG right here!Follow Rain City Fit on IG right here!And follow Pride Deadlift Party on IG right here!

Elazar Sontag is a James Beard and National Magazine Award-nominated writer and editor. He's also a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient. Most importantly, he is currently trying for a 400-pound deadlift. He joined Julia Turshen to talk about powerlifting, eating, queerness, bodies and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Elazar on IG right here!

Alex Lau is a food and travel photographer from San Francisco. When not sitting in car rentals and airport terminals, he is the proud owner of three dogs named Rocco, Ellie, and Nina. With the rest of his free time, he trains and competes as a nationally ranked powerlifter. He joined Julia Turshen for a conversation about his lifting.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Alex on IG right here!

Gabi Dixson, a Multi-World Record Breaking Athlete, has been named the 5th Worlds Strongest Woman. She is also a model, public speaker, musician, and social worker with over a decade of experience. She joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about her life and strength.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Gabi on IG right here!Watch her do the “Hercules Hold” right here!

Ashley Dyce, a Para Powerlifter, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about athletic career and what drives her.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Follow Ashely and her lifting on IG at @ashleiie225!

Corinne Fay, the person behind Big Undies, a Substack newsletter about clothes, and @SellTradePlus, a peer-to-peer plus size resale community, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about powerlifting, bodies, queerness and more.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Read Big Undies right here.Follow everything Burnt Toast right here.Check out @SellTradePlus.

Casey Johnston, the writer behind She's a Beast, Ask a Swole Woman and LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell, joins Julia Turshen for a conversation about lifting and writing about it.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.For more about Casey and her work, head here.For more about LIFTOFF: Couch to Barbell, head here.To signup for She's a Beast, Casey's newsletter, head here.Follow Casey on IG right here.

Laura Khoudari, a trauma-informed wellness writer, coach, and storyteller, is the author of Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time. She joins Julia Turshen in a conversation about lifting heavy stuff, knowing when to stop lifting heavy stuff, and how to approach it all from a holistic, embodied lens.Follow-up links:To pre-order Julia's new book, WHAT GOES WITH WHAT, head here!To sign up for Julia's weekly newsletter, head here.BUILT FOR THIS: THE QUIET STRENGTH OF POWERLIFTING, Julia's long-form essay, can be read here or listened to here.Watch the video about the Queer Barbell Club Julia started at her gym.Order Laura's book Lifting Heavy Things: www.laurakhoudari.com/lhtOrder Laura's zine Top 10 Things I Cooked Last Year www.laurakhoudari.com/cnfFollow Laura:: @laurakhoudari on Instagram and on Medium at laura-khoudari.medium.comRead Laura's Substack here: Tender at the Desk and Stove

Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist behind the Burnt Toast newsletter + author of The Eating Instinct, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.For more about Virginia, head here.For more about Burnt Toast, Virginia's newsletter, head here.  

Shaina Loew-Banayan, chef and owner of Cafe Mutton and author of Elegy for An Appetite, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:For more about Shaina's book Elegy for an Appetite, head here.For the New Yorker review of Elegy for an Appetite, head here.For more about Cafe Mutton, head here and follow them on IG here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.   

Lauren Leavell in conversation with Julia Turshen, in the second in a series of four conversations all about APPETITE.Follow-up links:For more about Lauren, head here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.To listen to Lauren on the Food Heaven podcast, head here.For the recording of Julia's recent class on grilling, head here. 

Angela Garbes, author of ESSENTIAL LABOR and LIKE A MOTHER, in conversation with Julia Turshen.Follow-up links:For more about Angela and her work, head here.To sign up for Julia's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia + her work, head here.

Bestselling romance novelist Jasmine Guillory talks to Julia Turshen about the role food plays in her books, why she writes about women with unapologetic appetites, and her favorite snacks.For more about Jasmine, head here.For more about Julia's Sunday afternoon cooking classes, head here.For Jasmine's Bustle essay, head here.For Jasmine's TIME essay, head here.For Rancho Gordo's popcorn kernels, head here.For Jasmine's favorite potato chips (Torres — Smoked Paprika), head here.For BjornQorn (Julia's favorite popcorn), head here.

Bestselling romantic comedy writer Casey McQuiston talks to Julia Turshen about the role food plays in both their writing and in their life.For more about Casey, head here.To learn more about Julia's Sunday afternoon cooking classes, head here.

Julia Turshen talks to David Tamarkin, the Editorial Director of King Arthur Baking, about King Arthur's 2022 Recipe of the Year.Follow-up links:For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For King Arthur's Ultimate Sandwich Bagels recipe, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.For more about Zoe Kanan's baking, including bagel pop-ups, head here.For more about Pigeon Bagels, head here.For more about Mo's bagels, head here.

Roxane Gay and Julia Turshen talk about baking. Note: this episode includes some cursing.Follow-up links:For more about Roxane Gay, head here.To sign up for 'The Audacity,' Roxane's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For Julia's IG video of her favorite cherry tomato-cutting hack, head here.

Julia Turshen talks to Alicia Kennedy about vegan baking and more.Follow-up links: For more about Alicia, head here.To sign up for Alicia's newsletter (HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THIS!), head here. For Alicia's ‘On Baking' essay, head here.For Alicia's essay ‘I Accidentally Started a Vegan Bakery That Turned My Life Upside Down,' head here.For Miyokos butter, head here.: For more about the Post Punk Kitchen (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's work), head here.For more about Leah Kirts' work, head here. For Brooks Headley's book Fancy Desserts, head here. For Lagusta Yearwood's book Sweet + Salty, head here. For more about King Arthur Flour, head here.For more about Julia Turshen, head here.

Julia Turshen talks to Cheryl Day about her new book Cheryl Day's Treasury of Southern Baking .Follow-up links:For more about Cheryl and her book and her bakery, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For more about Book Larder, head here.

Julia Turshen talks to Dorie Greenspan about Baking with Dorie, Dorie's 14th cookbook that also marks her 30th anniversary as a cookbook author. They discuss the origin of Dorie's newest book, the logistics of her work including her longtime recipe tester, her relationship to social media, how being a grandmother has impacted her work, and some of her favorite recipes from her new book.Follow-up links:Fore more about Dorie, head here.For Dorie's newsletter, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about King Arthur Baking, head here.For more about Barrett Bookstore, head here.

Julia and her wife, Grace Bonney, have an honest talk about body stuff.Follow-Up Links:Head here to Dinnerly and use the code 'KEEPCALM' to get $60 off of your first 4 boxes!To  pre-order Grace's upcoming book, Collective Wisdom, head here.To order signed copies of all of Julia's cookbooks, including Simply Julia, head here.To order Keep Calm & Cook On merch, head here.Mental Health Resources:For a list of anti-diet, Health at Every Size + Intuitive Eating providers for disordered-eating recovery, head here. For an additional list of Certified Intuitive Eating Counselors, head here.There are also some good low-cost support groups available, such as the Center for Discovery's virtual groups for people of various ages and backgrounds, or Nalgona Positivity Pride's Sage and Spoon groups for BIPOC folks ages 18 and up.Books/Authors to Follow:Fearing the Black Body:  The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina StringsBody Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand About Weight by Dr. Lindo Bacon and Lucy AphramorRadical Belonging: How to Survive and Thrive in an Unjust World (While Transforming it for The Better) by Dr. Lindo BaconWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey GordonHunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane GayThe Body is Not An Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love by Sonya Renee TaylorSitting Pretty: The View  From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah TaussigDisability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century, Edited by Alice WongBeing Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judy Heumann with Kristen JoinerSelected Romance Novelists:Jasmine GuilloryCasey McQuistonMorgan RogersSelena Montgomery (a.ka. Stacey Abrams!)Harper Bliss (specifically the Pink Bean series)Articles/Additional Writers to Follow:"Reading Anti-Racist Nonfiction is a Start. But Don't Underestimate the Power of Black Fiction" by Jasmine Guillory"How Writing a Cookbook Helped Me Break Free From Diet Culture" by Julia Turshen (excerpted by Healthyish from Simply Julia)"Smash the Wellness Industry" by Jessica KnollImani Barbarin (Crutches & Spice)Podcasts / TV Show:Food HeavenMaintenance PhaseShrill

Reem Kassis, author of The Palestinian Table and The Arabesque Table, in conversation with Julia Turshen. Reem is an award-winning Palestinian writer who focuses on the intersection of food with culture, history and politics. Follow-up links:For more about Reem, her books, and all of her work, head here.For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.To order a signed copy of Julia's latest book Simply Julia from Oblong Books, her local bookstore, head here.For more about Julia, head here.For more about MoFAD, 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-grandmother and her friends a lesson in making fruit salad, head here 

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 

Rochelle Udell Turshen in conversation with her daughter Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Congregation Rodeph Shalom for hosting this conversation!Rochelle Udell Turshen, Julia's mother, had a long career in publishing and advertising, including roles as the Founding Art Director of Ms. magazine, the Editor-in-Chief of SELF, and the SVP and Creative Director of Chico's. She currently creates artwork and community programming.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 Rodeph Shalom, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Rochelle Udell Turshen, head hereFor an Instagram Reel of the Coconut Marble Loaf that Julia demonstrated during this event, head here 

Nik Sharma in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Now Serving for hosting this conversation!Nik is a food writer, photographer, cookbook author, and recipe developer based in Los Angeles. He is the author of two bestselling cookbooks. His first Season: Big Flavors, Beautiful Food was a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Photography) and a finalist for the International Association of Culinary Professionals Julia Child Award. Nik’s second cookbook, The Flavor Equation focuses on the science of flavor and how we interact with it. 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 Now Serving, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Nik Sharma, head hereFor more about the behind-the-scenes of the Kale & Mushroom pot pie photo from Simply Julia, head here 

Antoni Porowski in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Sixth & I for hosting this conversation!Antoni is a New York Times Bestselling Author and star of Netflix’s hit series 'Queer Eye.' Antoni’s first cookbook, Antoni in the Kitchen, was released in Fall 2019, debuting at #2 on the New York Times’ Best Seller List. His next cookbook, Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner, is set for release fall 2021. Born in Canada to Polish emigrants, Antoni is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights everywhere, especially his family’s native Poland.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 Sixth & I, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Antoni, head hereFor the photo of Julia's grandmother that Antoni and Julia discuss, head here 

Claire Saffitz in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Harvard Bookstore for hosting this conversation!Claire is a freelance recipe developer, author, and video host. Previously, she was Senior Food Editor at Bon Appétit magazine, where she worked for five years in the test kitchen. She hosted the series Gourmet Makes on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel, where she used her classical pastry knowledge to reverse engineer popular snack foods and candy. Claire was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and now lives in New York City. She graduated with honors from Harvard University in 2009, studied classic French cuisine and pastry at École Grégoire Ferrandi in Paris in 2012, and completed her Masters degree in History at McGill University in 2014, where she focused on culinary History in the Early Modern Era. Her first cookbook, Dessert Person, came out in October 2020.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 Harvard Bookstore who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Claire Saffitz, head here 

Jia Tolentino in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Left Bank Books for hosting this conversation!Jia is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror.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 Left Bank Books, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Jia Tolentino, head here 

Ashley C. Ford in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Books Are Magic for hosting this conversation!Ashley C. Ford is a writer, host, and educator who lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy. Her memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, will be published by Flatiron Books on June 1, 2021. Ford is the former host of The Chronicles of Now podcast, co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, seasons one & three of MasterCard’s Fortune Favors The Bold, as well as the video interview series PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show, 112BK. She was also the host of the first season of Audible's literary interview series, Authorized. She has been named among Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Media (2017), Brooklyn Magazine's Brooklyn 100 (2016),Time Out New York's New Yorkers of The Year (2017), and Variety’s New Power of New York (2019).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 Books Are Magic, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Ashely C. Ford, head here 

Dorie Greenspan in conversation with Julia Turshen about Julia's new cookbook Simply Julia. Thanks to Oblong Books for hosting this conversation!Dorie Greenspan is the author of 13 cookbooks, including her latest, Everyday Dorie and Dorie’s Cookies. A best-selling author and five-time James Beard award winner, she is a columnist for The New York Times Magazine. Dorie's next book, "Baking with Dorie," will be published in October. You can find her at @doriegreenspan. Dorie and Julia talk about home cooking, how they make cookbooks, the volunteer work Julia and her wife Grace do, and so much more. Also, in very small world news, they talked about how Dorie and her husband Michael grew up going to Julia's grandparents’ bakery in Brooklyn.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 Oblong Books, who hosted this conversation, head hereFor over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head hereFor more about Dorie Greenspan, head here 

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 the Directory of Certified Intuitive Eating Counselors, head here. To order a signed copy of Simply Julia from Oblong Books (Julia's local bookstore), head here.For more about Simply Julia, head here.To check out + follow the Nap Ministry on Instagram, head here.To see an IG Reel of Julia making the cobbler from Simply Julia (the one Evelyn has now made more than Julia!), head here. 

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 God's Love We Deliver, head here.For more about (and to order!) Simply Julia, head here.To sign up for the March 15th GLWD virtual event with Julia + Carla Hall, head here.For more about Julia's other book tour events, head here.For  so many of the nutrition resources that Lisa mentioned, including the free downloadable booklets, head here.For more about HR6774 [Medically Tailored Home Delivered Meal Demonstration Pilot Act of 2020], the bill that Alissa mentioned, head here.For more about  the Food is Medicine Coalition that supports the bill, head here.To listen to Episode 26 'Food is Love, Food is Medicine,' head here.

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 Aubrey's work and her writing, head here.To purchase a copy of Aubrey's book, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, head here.For more about Aubrey's podcast, Maintenance Phase, head here.For more about Julia's new book Simply Julia, head here.For more about Julia's virtual book tour events, 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.

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 January of this year, 2021, Dr. Harris appeared on the cover of the first ever issue of For The Culture, a a biannual printed food magazine that celebrates Black women and femmes in food and wine. The stories in For the Culture are about Black women throughout the diaspora, written by Black women and photographed and illustrated by Black women.For the culture was founded by Klancy Miller, a writer and pastry chef who trained and worked at  Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Klancy is the author of the cookbook Cooking Solo: The Fun of Cooking for Yourself.Helpful follow-up links:For more about Dr. Harris and her work, head here and also head here.To listen to Dr. Harris in conversation with Elle Simone-Scott on The Walk-In, head here.For more about For the Culture and to order your copy, head here.To follow For the Culture on Instagram, head here.For more about Klancy and Cooking Solo, her cookbook, 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 all of the details about Julia's upcoming virtual book tour, head here.For more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here.For more about Oxo, head here.

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.

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

Einat Admony s a chef, restauranteur, and cookbook author who is based in New York City. She’s the force behind beloved places like Taim Falafel and Balaboosta and the author of two cookbooks, Balaboosta, and the newly published SHUK: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking. Lia Ronnen is the publisher of Artisan Books, who has published both of Einat’s books.Einat, Lia, and Julia sat down to talk about what exactly is Israeli food, who gets to define any particular cuisine, cultural appropriation versus appropriation, home cooking, and more.Follow-up links:Shuk (Cookbook)Einat's InstagramMisono 440 KnifeMisen KnifeGod's Love We Deliver Brownies!Great Jones (use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!)

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 why she started IDE, how she runs it, and what it means to her. Follow-up links:For more about the Iconoclast Dinner Experience, head here.Follow Dr. Lezli on Instagram!Check out the goods at Great Jones! (remember to use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!) 

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 meatloaf!Great Jones (remember to use the code 'CALM' for 15% off!!)

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 PaltzHudson Valley Things to Do Links:Rosendale Movie TheatreUpstate Films (Woodstock + Rhinebeck)Mohonk PreserveMinnewaska State ParkMohonk Mountain House30 Minutes of Everything (Accord) 

'Great Chefs' was a series of cooking shows and cookbooks that made over 700 episodes. Each episode was recorded entirely in a professional kitchen rather than a production studio, and each consisted of 3 segments— an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. Each dish was made by a different chef and the whole thing was super straight-forward. No bells or whistles or fancy camerawork or anything. Just straight-up cooking. And the instructions were incredibly clear thanks to the voiceover work of the one and only Mary Lou Conroy. In her thick Louisiana accent, Mary Lou described everything the chefs were doing.Watching 'Great Chefs' was Julia's cooking education.She connected with Mary Lou Conroy, who is now 91 years old, to talk about the role of food in Mary Lou's life, her love of travel and reading, and what makes her excited during this chapter of her life.There is also a shoutout to the MiNO Foundation (Made in New Orleans) and answers to listeners' questions about vegan cooking with responses from Timothy Pakron (Mississippi Vegan) and Jenné Claiborne (Sweet Potato Soul).Follow-up links:'Great Chefs' official website.Watch 'Great Chefs' on Amazon Prime.Eater: 'Great Chefs' is Amazon Prime's Best Kept Culinary SecretMiNO FoundationJenné Claiborne: Sweet Potato SoulTimothy Pakron: Mississippi VeganOxoJulia Turshen