Keep Calm and Cook On with Julia Turshen
by Julia Turshen
Cookbook author Julia Turshen speaks to some of the most interesting people in and around food. The conversations thoughtfully explore varied themes such as cooking, writing, mental health, relationships (professional and personal), volunteering, and more.
Episodes
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On Lifting: Sharon Salomon + Tricia Lucero
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…
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On Lifting: Le Carr
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...
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On Lifting: Elazar Sontag
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...
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On Lifting: Alex Lau
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…
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On Lifting: Gabi Dixson
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…
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On Lifting: Ashley Dyce
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…
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On Lifting: Corinne Fay
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…
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On Lifting: Casey Johnston
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…
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On Lifting: Laura Khoudari
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...
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On Appetites: Virginia Sole-Smith
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.
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On Appetites: Shaina Loew-Banayan
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…
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On Appetites: Lauren Leavell
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...
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On Appetites: Angela Garbes
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.
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Food + Romance: Jasmine Guillory
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...
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Food + Romance: Casey McQuiston
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.
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On Baking: King Arthur's Recipe of the Year
Julia Turshen talks to David Tamarkin, the Editorial Director of King Arthur Baking, about King Arthur's 2022 Recipe of the Year. Quick note: the bagel shop that David frequents is Bo's (not Mo's). Follow-up links: For more about King Arthur Baking, head here. For King Arthur's Ultimate Sandwich...
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On Baking: Roxane Gay
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.…
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On Baking: Alicia Kennedy
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...
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On Baking: Cheryl Day
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.
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On Baking: Dorie Greenspan
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...
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Body Stuff with Grace Bonney
Julia and her wife, Grace Bonney, have an honest talk about body stuff. Follow-Up Links: 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...
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Reem Kassis: One Foot on the Ground, A Hand Reaching Out
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,...
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Ashley C. Ford x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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...
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Deb Perelman x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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…
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Rochelle Udell Turshen (Julia's Mom!) x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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...
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Nik Sharma x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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...
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Antoni Porowski x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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…
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Dorie Greenspan x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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…
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Claire Saffitz x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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…
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Pati Jinich x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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...
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Jia Tolentino x Simply Julia Virtual Book Tour
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,...
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Evelyn Tribole on Intuitive Eating + More
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,...
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God's Love We Deliver
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...
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Kristina Gill on Big Issues and Small Gestures
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...
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Aubrey Gordon (a.k.a. Your Fat Friend): Is it Safe? Is it Kind?
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...
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Dr. Jessica B. Harris + Klancy Miller: For the Culture
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....
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Food Plus People Equals Dignity
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...
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Pati Jinich Shines Bright
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...
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Vivian Howard: It's Hard to Reconcile
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...
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Zoe Adjonyoh on Connection + Healing
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...
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Lindo Bacon + Radical Belonging
Julia talks to Lindo Bacon, PhD about connection, compassion, and more. Lindo's work is considered be life-changing and transformative for many, including Julia. They are the author of the best-selling book, Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight, and the co-author of Body...
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Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones Are Trying to Sleep
Julia kicks off Season Four of Keep Calm and Cook On with Wendy Lopez and Jessica Jones, the two women behind Food Heaven, which is, in their words: “a multimedia platform founded by two black registered dietitians & BFFs. We help people transform the way they eat and find joy in food through the...
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Carla Hall is Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
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 Hall Carla's Instagram Helen Keller International Julia Turshen
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Yemi Amu Knows Nothing Exists Without Water
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...
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Dr. Lezli Levene Harvell Made the Event She Wanted to Go To
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...
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Lagusta Yearwood On Business, Chocolate + More
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…
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Alexander Smalls, The Ultimate Host
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…
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Alison Roman Really Cares
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...
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Bonnie Slotnick Never Dreads Coming to Work, Plus a Hudson Valley Guide
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 Cookbooks Help Oko Farms! Save NYC...
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Mary Lou Conroy: The Voice of Great Chefs
'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...
About this show
Cookbook author Julia Turshen speaks to some of the most interesting people in and around food. The conversations thoughtfully explore varied themes such as cooking, writing, mental health, relationships (professional and personal), volunteering, and more.
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