Elazar Sontag, a cookbook author, freelance writer, and editor at Serious Eats, talks to Julia about cooking, writing, anxiety, Guy Fieri, and more.

There are also answers to listeners' questions and a shoutout to The Trevor Project.

Some follow-up links!

• For more about Elazar, head here.
• For more about Elazar's book* Flavors of Oakland*, head here.
• For Julia's recipe for Charoset Quinoa from Now & Again, featured by Great Jones, head here. Don't forget to use your discount code for your Great Jones order!
• For more about The Trevor Project, head here.
• For the interview between The Trevor Project's CEO Amit Paley and comic Cameron Esposito on her podcast Queery, head here.
• For more about Julia and her work, head here.