Julia Turshen is the bestselling author of 

, named the Best Cookbook of 2017 by Eater, and 

, named one of the Best Cookbooks of 2016 by the

. She is currently working on her newest cookbook, 

which will be released September 2018 (mark your calendars!) and focuses on making delicious meals and using the leftovers creatively. Julia also founded 

 (an acronym for Equity at the Table) which is a digital directory of food industry professionals who are women/gender non-conforming individuals and focusing primarily on POC and the LGBTQ community.

On this episode, Julia talks about how she has always been happiest and most excited in the kitchen, how the latest presidential election helped her connect the dots between her love of cooking and investment in her community—a silver lining if there ever was one!—and a whole lot of other things that fall under the universality of food. We’ve said it many times here on Rootstock Radio, but the truth is that everyone has to eat, and Julia Turshen reminds us of all the ways food can be used to connect, resist, and reform.

The legacy of food in community building and movement building—it’s certainly not a new idea

How every single choice we make around food is political

How we can unpack privilege, and initiate reform, through food

Whether or not Julia is on team “leftovers” when it comes to cooking and eating meals

Connection, Resistance and Reform Through Food

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