Julia Turshen: Cookbook Author on Power Lifting, Working for Home Cooks, and Feeding Loved Ones

Cookbook author and former competitive powerlifter Julia Turshen sits down for a warm, wide-ranging conversation about healing a lifelong eating disorder, the daily labor of home cooking, and how food can heal the people you love.From her grandparents' Brooklyn bread bakery to her 81-year-old mom's illustrated cooking class notes, Julia shares the threads that have shaped her relationship with food, family, and feeding others. It's a thoughtful, moving episode about the rituals that anchor us — and the people we cook for along the way.In this episode:The concept of “the everlasting meal”Growing up in a workaholic household, and the Brooklyn bread bakery her Jewish grandparents ranHer mother's illustrated cooking class notes, and their evolving relationshipNavigating disordered eating and finding healing through powerliftingHow food works in her home with spouse Grace, a therapist with Type 1 diabetesWhy investing in neighbors and community is the most important thing any of us can doMentioned in this episode:Julia's website and books: www.juliaturshen.comJulia's Substack newsletter Keep Calm and Cook OnFollow Julia on InstagramReem Kassis, Palestinian cookbook author mentioned by JuliaAn Everlasting Meal by Tamar AdlerSubscribeNever miss an episode: Follow Dinner Last Night and subscribe to our newsletter. If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, tap “like”, and share it with a friend! It helps more people discover the show. 💛GiveawaysCLICK HERE to enter the giveaway for any episode!Follow UsSubstack: subscribe to our newsletterYouTube: @DinnerLastNightPodInstagram: @dinnerlastnightpodWebsite: dinnerlastnightpod.comCreditsProduced: Wombmate Productions, Inc., REP Studio, and Stuart HetzlerEditing: REP Studio and Stuart HetzlerMusic by: ⁣Emerson ‘Longstory’ Bartlett (feat. Drew Martin on Saxophone)