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From bestselling cookbook author Julia Turshen comes an original, inspired, and interactive approach to cooking that takes the guesswork out of everyday meals.

Julia Turshen is a home cook's best friend. Known for her simple, no-frills, yet utterly satisfying recipes--as well as her authentic, relatable, problem-solving approach--hers are the cookbooks we all turn to when we want to know what else we can make with some ground turkey, or if we can pull off dessert with a few basic pantry ingredients. In essence, we look to Julia when we want to know What Goes with What: to understand how we can transform the seemingly boring contents of our fridge into an exciting meal.

Now, in her latest book, Julia offers readers a new way to think about cooking, one that focuses on mastering the alchemy of a meal--and then offers endless iterations. Organized into six sections (salads and sandwiches; soups, stews and braises; rice, more grains, and pasta; vegetables; mains; and baked goods), Julia arms readers with 20 charts and 100 recipes that teach them how to build a successful dish, while making ample room for creativity and personal preference.

For readers of tried and true cookbooks like Melissa Clark'sDinnerand Deb Perelman's Smitten Kitchen series, as well as fans of Molly Baz and Alison Roman's breezy yet craveable recipes,What Goes with Whatwill become an instant classic and find its place as a foundational cookbook for a new generation of home cooks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

JULIA TURSHEN is the bestselling author of Simply Julia, Now & Again, Feed the Resistance, and Small Victories and has coauthored numerous other cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning In Bibi's Kitchen. She hosts the IACP-nominated podcast Keep Calm and Cook On and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and Saveur, and more. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her spouse, Grace, and their many pets.

Reviews

"Julia Turshen makes cooking seem like a beautiful thing anyone can do and in her latest cookbook, What Goes with What, she offers up her characteristic warmth and wisdom and a wonderful new set of culinary adventures. Fans of her newsletter will recognize the whimsical charts she often shares, demonstrating how versatile we can be with just a handful of simple ingredients. This is a cookbook that should be in every home cook's kitchen."
--Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger

"Cook and best-selling author [Julia Turshen] is known for her down-to-earth and accessible approach to cooking, hand-drawing geometric grids for salads, sandwiches, dressings, soups, pastas, and more. [What Goes with What] infuses even the most seemingly mundane pantry dump meal with warmth and creativity. Beyond the charts and hacks, the book has heart, too, with essays on queer cooking and body positivity. The photography and graphics are light, bright, and simple--accented with Turshen's signature handwriting that always makes me feel at home."
--Eater

"Sure to be a hit . . . Home cooks will love Turshen's practical charm and recipe construction as much as they love the delicious dishes they produce . . . The world will never have enough practical weeknight cookbooks, but what will make this one fly off the shelves is Turshen's unique cooking philosophy and wonderfully tasty results."
--Library Journal

"When my daughter says home cooking, what she means is Julia's cooking. Thanks to these books that live on the bedside table by night and kitchen table by day, home is too delicious to leave. We celebrate the everyday with Julia's recipes that my family knows by taste and also by heart."
--Michelle Williams, award-winning actor

"Every cookbook from Julia is a gift to the world and this one is no exception. What Goes With What leans into what makes Julia's cooking philosophy so great (that cooking should be relaxing, creative, flexible!) with beautiful satisfying recipe formulas that will truly help you become a more confident cook, no matter your skill level."
--Molly Yeh, New York Times bestselling author and Food Network host

"What Goes with What is inspiring! It's a joyous book, chockablock with so much that's helpful, so much that's smart and so, so much that's delicious. Julia is our best friend in the kitchen!"
--Dorie Greenspan, New York Times bestselling author of Baking with Dorie

"Just as the many home cooks who join her virtually every week already know, Julia Turshen is a warm, non-judgmental, and reassuring companion in the kitchen. In What Goes with What, she champions the kind of simple but delicious food I want to eat and make at home. With helpful charts organizing the clever, un-fussy recipes, the book ensures you never have to wonder what to make for dinner."
--Claire Saffitz, New York Times bestselling author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert

"What Goes With What is a cookbook built on the simple premise that if we understand what makes food delicious, we can feed ourselves well. Nobody understands this better than Julia Turshen, who has been excavating the rules, limitations, and hidden diet mindset of food writing for years now, and in doing so, offers us all a better, more straightforward way to think about food and making meals happen. For anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by the deeply loaded question of "what's for dinner?"--here is a safe place to start figuring it all out."
--Virginia Sole-Smith, New York Times bestselling author of Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture