Working: Julia Turshen on Writing a Very Personal Cookbook
b'This week host Rumaan Alam talks to cookbook author Julia Turshen about her career as a professional home cook and her new book Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food. In the interview, Julia explains why she was drawn to cookbooks from a young age and how she later managed to combine her love of writing and her love of cooking into one career. She also talks about the deeply personal details in Simply Julia and discusses why she\\u2019s trying to get readers in and out of the kitchen \\u201cas easily and as efficiently as possible.\\u201d\\xa0\\nAfter the interview, Rumaan and co-host June Thomas dig into Julia\\u2019s advice to \\u201conly write the book that only you can write.\\u201d\\nIn the exclusive Slate Plus segment, Julia helps Rumaan out of his cooking rut.\\xa0\\nSend your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675.\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews.\\nIf you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence\\u2014and you\\u2019ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now\\xa0to help support our work.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'