Welcome to Inside Julia’s Kitchen
Created by The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, Inside Julia’s Kitchen is your window into the Foundation’s world. Through our podcast, you’ll meet the bright lights of today’s food world, from the organizations the Foundation supports and works with to further Julia’s legacy to individuals at the forefront of cooking, culinary history, and food writing. We’ll be talking to those who are shaping the way we eat, cook and think about food, just as Julia did by inviting the country’s top talent into her kitchen. So, grab a seat at the Foundation’s table and listen in.
Hosted by Todd Schulkin, the Foundation’s Executive Director. Produced by Todd Schulkin and Lauren Salkeld.
Episodes
EPISODE 144: Meet Jim Grosso
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Jim Grosso, the Executive Director of Spoons Across America, a long-time grantee of the Foundation. They discuss why teaching kids to cook makes a lifelong difference, how the pandemic has affected children’s nutrition and cooking education and Spoons’ expansion to reach kids across the country. Plus, as always, Jim shares his Julia Moment.
EPISODE 143: Meet Laura Reiley
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Laura Reiley, the business of food reporter for The Washington Post. They discuss the rising cost of food, supply chains, labor shortages and inflation, as well as what consumers can do to cope with higher prices and food world predictions for 2022. As always, Laura shares her Julia Moment.
EPISODE 142: Meet Deborah Madison
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes chef, award-winning cookbook author and vegetable guru Deborah Madison. They discuss how she became a pioneer in vegetable-forward cooking; her memoir, An Onion in My Pocket; and what role meat-eating should have in our diets. As always, Deborah shares her Julia Moment.
EPISODE 141: Meet Claudia Roden
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes legendary food writer Claudia Roden. They discuss her new book, Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean, why Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food is so popular, and the intersection of travel and cooking. As always, Roden shares her Julia Moment.
EPISODE 140: Meet Betsy West and Julie Cohen
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Betsy West and Julia Cohen, the filmmakers behind Julia: The Delicious Life of America’s First Food Icon, the first full-length documentary devoted to Julia’s life and work. They discuss whether Julia was a feminist, how she compares to their other documentary subject, RGB, and what food is featured in the film. Plus, we get another Julia Moment.
EPISODE 139: Meet Toni Tipton-Martin Again
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes 2021 Julia Child Award recipient Toni Tipton-Martin. The award-winning food journalist, historian, author and soon-to-be PBS host discusses what the Award means to her, recognizing African American culinary contributions and how she will use the $50,000 grant that accompanies the award to inspire the next generation of food writers and chefs. Plus, Toni shares a Julia Moment.
EPISODE 138: Meet Yotam Ottolenghi
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Yotam Ottolenghi. Todd and Yotam discuss the London-based chef’s latest cookbook, co-authored with Noor Murad, Shelf Love: Recipes to Unlock the Secrets of Your Pantry, Fridge and Freezer and a typical day in the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen. Plus, Ottolenghi reveals details of the test kitchen’s new digital series and his favorite quick meal from the book. As always, Ottolenghi shares his Julia Moment.
EPISODE 137: Meet Lidia Bastianich
This week, on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes legendary chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich. Todd and Lidia discuss her passion for sharing Italian food in America and her new cookbook, Lidia’s A Pot, A Pan and A Bowl: Simple Recipes for Perfect Meals. As always, Lidia shares her Julia Moment.
EPISODE 136: Meet Sheldon Simeon
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Sheldon Simeon. Todd and Sheldon discuss the difference between Hawai’ian food and Hawai’i food, his new cookbook Cook Real Hawai’i and what we need to know about dishes like poke and saimin. As always, Sheldon shares his Julia Moment.
EPISODE 135: Meet Sandy D’Amato and Karen Stabiner
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes journalist Karen Stabiner, the west coast editor of The Counter, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom, and chef and cooking teacher Sandy D’Amato of Good Stock Farm in Hatfield, Massachusetts. They discuss what restaurants mean to our communities and how communities have been supporting restaurants throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Plus, we get another double Julia Moment.
EPISODE 134: Meet Nina Compton
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes chef and restaurateur Nina Compton. Todd and Nina discuss restaurant recovery in New Orleans, both from the Covid-19 pandemic and Hurricane Ida, as well as cooking Caribbean-inspired food in Creole country, and how to foster diversity in professional kitchens. Plus, as always, Nina shares her Julia Moment.
EPISODE 133: Happy Birthday Julia!
This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, we’re celebrating what would have been Julia’s 109th birthday with an entire episode devoted to the Julia Moment, when we ask our guests to share their favorite Julia memory, moment or how she has inspired them in their career. Host Todd Schulkin shares Julia moments both personal and professional from guests Grace Young, Stephen Phelps, Erin Jeanne McDowell, Jackie Summers, Julia Bainbridge, Matthew Raiford, Alice Randall, Daniela Galarza and Nancy Oakes. Tune in to hear what these culinary stars have to say about Julia and her continuing legacy.
