Julia Tur­shen is the best­selling author of Now & Again (Ama­zon’s Best Cook­book of 2018, an NPR ​‘Great Read’), Feed the Resis­tance (Eater’s Best Cook­book of 2017), and Small Vic­to­ries (named one of the Best Cook­books of 2016 by the New York Times and NPR). She also hosts the IACP-nom­i­nat­ed pod­cast ​‘Keep Calm and Cook On’. She has coau­thored numer­ous cook­books and has writ­ten for The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, The Wall Street Jour­nal, Vogue, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and more. Epi­cu­ri­ous has called her one of the 100 Great­est Home Cooks of All Time and The New York Times has described her ​“at the fore­front of the new gen­er­a­tion of authen­tic, approach­able authors.” She sits on the Kitchen Cab­i­net Advi­so­ry Board for the Smith­so­ni­an’s Nation­al Muse­um of Amer­i­can His­to­ry and is the founder of Equi­ty At The Table, an inclu­sive dig­i­tal direc­to­ry of women and non-bina­ry indi­vid­u­als in food. She lives in the Hud­son Val­ley with her wife and their dogs.