Hi all!
My June class lineup is LIVE! I will be teaching three classes next month and these will be my last before my annual summer teaching break during July + August. Classes will resume in the fall (….does anyone else feel like 2024 is flyinnnng by?).
See you on one (or two or three?!) of these Sundays!! Scroll down for more details in each of the images.
Sunday June 2, 2pm EST: One Rotisserie Chicken, Three Dinners
Sunday June 16, 2pm EST: Air Fryer Prep for the Week Ahead
Sunday June 30, 2pm EST: An Early Summer Picnic
**all classes are sliding scale starting at $40 up to whatever you want and, as always, if you want to join and $ is a barrier, just reach out + I’ll get you all set!**
I’m already thinking ahead to my fall teaching schedule and will DEFINITELY be offering some What Goes with What classes!!! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, WGWW is my brand new cookbook that will be out in October!! See the post below for all of the info about the book, including pre-order info.
A few fun updates from my life last week….
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Top row left to right:
Cows in the neighbor’s field across from Long Season Farm, where I’ve been helping out on Thursday mornings…they’re so cute!!!
A really good dinner I made last Friday:
rice cooked in my new $19 rice cooker (it’s the 3 cup version of this one…I got it at H Mart in Paramus, NJ)
steamed Chinese broccoli + sautéed shiitake mushrooms drizzled with Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing (my BFF recommended it to me and it’s SO GOOD)
a piece of salmon slathered with a dill/green garlic sauce I had made earlier that week (see here) cooked in the air fryer (line with parchment / 400ºF for 15 minutes!) — I also added some orange slices since I cut open an orange earlier to make cocktails…
My delicious lunch at H Mart (spicy tofu stew / bibimbap)
Middle row left to right:
Grace, my other half, celebrating completing grad school — I’m a proud wife!!!
Just really loved this stack of boxes I saw through my car window that say "Bon Appetite”
Upper East Side sidewalk hydrangeas I noticed on my way to see the Harlem Renaissance + Transatlanic Modernism show at The Met
Bottom row left to right:
Grace took this perfect portrait of Winky
Something about these rows of small dumpsters just felt very satisfying to me
It’s mowing season! My favorite pastime!
Also, THANK YOU to the overwhelmingly helpful responses to my question on behalf of Beth last week about tips for making cooking for physically accessible. I’m working on a BIG NEWSLETTER about it. If you have any tips, feel free to let me know or leave them in the comments.
Talk soon friends! xo, julia
For accessibility in cooking—I’ve found the instant pot (if you have enough counter space for it to stay out and not need to be lugged down constantly) to be really helpful. Not having to stand over a pot on challenging body days makes a big difference, as well as buying already chopped veggies and frozen stuff. Love being able to dump stuff in and eat fairly quickly. I also ordered a microwave bowl that David Chang promotes but haven’t used it yet—just finally gave in to the instagram ads promising quick rice and greens so we’ll see how that goes.
Sauces to go on simple meals also makes things better for me (the Go To dressing in Simply Julia is a regular but I need to get more in rotation), since I can have quinoa or rice already made, or the Trader Joe’s microwave brown rice, a protein (canned chickpeas is the absolute easiest since they’re cooked through) and a veg. Add sauce—and ideally something crunchy like pickles or sunflower seeds—and that’s a lot of my meals. So excited that you’re writing about cooking accessibility!
Congratulations, Grace!