This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey Query, it's Cammy here.

I am a little bit sick, but that doesn't mean I'm not excited about this current episode.

With guest, cookbook author, Julia Tertian.

Man, we have some good chats about like, queerness in Sheftum and food.

I really like this person, and I hope you like this episode.

Julia, take it away.

I've been feeling wrong, but I'm still in my toilet.

I know, I know, I know it's careless.

Well, I always have folks that are on the podcast, introduce themselves, would you introduce yourself?

Stuart, I am Julia Tertian.

I am a cookbook author and, yeah, I love food, and I love people.

Are you also chef?

Is that what you call yourself?

What do you call yourself?

So I do not call myself a chef.

When someone does, I look over my shoulder, like who are they talking about?

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