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Simply Julia

110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food

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5 of 7 copies available
"A beautiful, next-level, parent-friendly cookbook that will have a prime position on my counter for a long time to come." —Jennifer Garner
Julia Turshen has always been cooking. As a kid, she skipped the Easy-Bake Oven and went straight to the real thing. Throughout her life, cooking has remained a constant, and as fans of her popular books know, Julia's approach to food is about so much more than putting dinner on the table—it is about love, community, connection, and nourishment of the body and soul. 
In Simply Julia, readers will find 110 foolproof recipes for more nutritious takes on the simple, comforting meals Julia cooks most often. With practical chapters such as weeknight go-tos, make-ahead mains, vegan one-pot meals, chicken recipes, easy baked goods, and more, Simply Julia provides endlessly satisfying options comprised of accessible and affordable ingredients. Think dishes like Stewed Chicken with Sour Cream + Chive Dumplings, Hasselback Carrots with Smoked Paprika, and Lemon Ricotta Cupcakes—the kind of flavorful yet unfussy food everyone wants to make at home.
In addition to her tried-and-true recipes, readers will find Julia's signature elements—her "Seven Lists" (Seven Things I Learned from Being a Private Chef that Make Home Cooking Easier; Seven Ways to Use Leftover Buttermilk; Seven Ways to Use Leftover Egg Whites or Egg Yolks), menu suggestions, and helpful adaptations for dietary needs, along with personal essays and photos and gorgeous food photography. 
Like Melissa Clark's Dinner or Ina Garten's Modern Comfort Food, Simply Julia is sure to become an instant classic, the kind of cookbook that will inspire home cooks to create great meals for years to come.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 21, 2020
      Food writer Turshen (Small Victories) provides a peek into her home kitchen in this appealing compilation of more than 100 no-fuss recipes for healthy comfort fare. Recipes feature the usual shortcut techniques (one pot, sheet pan, make-ahead) and employ pantry staples such as jarred kimchi, canned salmon, and Ritz crackers. Turshen’s tweaks on heavy classics go a long way toward lightening them up: a shepherd’s pie uses turkey in place of lamb and is topped with a cauliflower puree rather than mashed potatoes, and chili is given a vegan spin. There are flexible recipes such as her Kitchen Sink Frittata with spinach, sausage, shallots, and tomato (all the vegetables can be swapped out for whatever is on hand) and international dishes such as biryani, pelau, and parsnip latkes. Among the desserts are a pear, polenta, and almond cake and lemon ricotta cupcakes. Turshen’s love of lists helps cooks get organized (“Five Things That Are Always in My Fridge,” “Five Tools I Swear By”), while suggested menus for a vegan Thanksgiving take the worry out of planning. Turshen’s what-works-for-you approach succeeds in reminding home cooks that “delicious food doesn’t have to be complicated.” This spirited collection charms on every page.

    • Booklist

      January 1, 2021
      New Yorker Turshen (Small Victories, 2016) has been cooking as private chef and in community settings, and she's learned a lot that she's eager to share with readers. Many dishes that hungry people turn to for comfort can be nutritionally unwise, and she wants to remedy that. Turshen is an intuitive cook, sharing ways to use all sorts of ingredients as well as leftovers and other oddments that might pile up in the refrigerator. She leans toward vegetarian cooking, but by no means eschews meat in her recipes. Some of her inspirations come from Jewish relatives, but she repurposes them, offering gefilte-fish bites, or latkes made with sweet and nutty parsnips instead of potatoes. Brussels sprouts roast with hot sauce and Gorgonzola for vegetarian "Buffalo wings." Seven-item lists cover what she learned as a private chef, uses for leftover buttermilk, advice for organizing one's kitchen, and even ways to get conversations started at the table. Cooks needing inspiration more than exacting recipes will find a lot of use for Turshen's creative ideas.

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    • Library Journal

      February 1, 2021

      The laid-back recipes in chef Turshen's latest cookbook are crafted to embrace simplicity in all aspects of home cooking, from widely available and affordable ingredients to straightforward techniques and methods. The recipes are also endlessly creative as Turshen puts her personal stamp on comfort food with inspiration from a wide variety of global cuisines (a vegetarian muffuletta sandwich) and improvisational suggestions for making each dish your own (a red lentil spread that can be served as a party dip or transformed into a vegetarian soup). The author believes that home cooking is an important way of caring for others, which includes sensitivity to dietary needs and preferences; her book features more than 80 vegetarian recipes and dozens of vegan, dairy- and egg-free, and gluten-free options. Turshen also offers brief essays on topics such as positive body image, gas grills, and the importance of volunteering. VERDICT Turshen writes from a home cook's perspective, and her fourth solo cookbook offers relaxed comfort food with a slew of creative, contemporary twists. Reach for this book when you want simple dishes, global flavors, and a stress-free vibe.--Kelsy Peterson, Forest Hill Coll., Melbourne, Australia

      Copyright 2021 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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