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This is Design Matters with

This is Design Matters with Debbie Milman from design observer.com.

This year is the 10th anniversary of the podcast,

10 years of designers and other creative types talking about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about.

On this program, Debbie Milman talks with Julia Tertian about cooking and writing.

I need both. And cooking for me as a very physical activity and writings are

really cerebral wine. She also explains how to successfully peel a hard-boiled egg.

I have to use an old egg. Here's Debbie Millman.

Julia Tertion has produced TV programs about food.

She has hosted podcasts about food.

She has blogged about food.

She's been a private chef. She's written books on food with

Mario Batali and Gweneth Paltrow. And two of her own food books are in the publishing pipeline.

So I guess you could safely say that Julia Tertian

is really into food professionally and personally.

She's here to tell us about how she's made a career making it and

writing and talking about it. Julia Tertian, welcome to Design Matters.

Thank you so much for having me.

Julie, I understand you've been passionate about food since before you can remember.

I read that you were scrambling eggs in pre-kindergarten, making Thanksgiving dinner at the age of 12 and when you were about five or six

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