Keep Calm and Cook On with Julia Turshen

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Jia Tolentino x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour May 17, 2021

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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.Com
To order a signed copy of Simply Julia from Oblong Books, head here
For more about Left Bank Books, who hosted this conversation, head here
For over 50 more episodes of Keep Calm and Cook On, head here
For more about Jia Tolentino, head here

Evelyn Tribole on Intuitive Eating + More Mar 30, 2021

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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 We Deliver Mar 01, 2021

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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 on Big Issues and Small Gestures Feb 22, 2021

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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.

Aubrey Gordon (a.k.a. Your Fat Friend): Is it Safe? Is it Kind? Feb 15, 2021

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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 + Klancy Miller: For the Culture Feb 08, 2021

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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.

Food Plus People Equals Dignity Feb 01, 2021

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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 Shines Bright Jan 25, 2021

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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.

Vivian Howard: It's Hard to Reconcile Jan 11, 2021

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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.

Zoe Adjonyoh on Connection + Healing Dec 21, 2020

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Zoe Adjonyoh— chef, writer, activist & entrepreneur— started Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen in July 2010 with a pot of peanut butter stew and the intention to start an African food revolution by bringing African food to the masses. She is the author of 'Zoe's Ghana Kitchen,' a wonderful cookbook. Zoe currently works at the intersection of food, culture, identity and politics and has been driven by the need to create space for change in the food landscape. She is one of the founders of Black Book, a global representation platform for Black and non-white people working within hospitality and food media. Julia and Zoe discuss connection and how vital it is— both connection to ourselves and to each other.

Head here for more about Zoe Adjonyoh

Click here for more about Simply Julia (and here's a free gift note if you're giving Simply Julia as a gift this holiday season!)

Head here for more about Soom Foods and their tahini (use the code 'KEEPCALM' for 15% off!)

Head here for more about OXO