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About me: I grew up in West Windsor, If I could have a superpower: It would be
New Jersey, and I now live in Birmingham, to apparate/teleport. I love to travel but get
Alabama. My handle on Allrecipes and super stressed in airports, and driving can
“I love to travel. Instagram is “Theotherjuliagulia.” It refers just take too long.
to The Wedding Singer. I like to say that it My closest thing to an actual
I want to go to ruined my childhood, but it really didn’t. I superpower: Organizing many items neatly
New Zealand and was just called Julia Gulia for a looooong into a small space.
time, so I thought I’d finally embrace it.
be a hobbit for a My day job: I’m one of the hosts for the Rare talent no one will pay me for:
Loading a dishwasher.
new video series You Can Cook That on
day. Or forever.” Allrecipes and YouTube. (Check it out at My kitchen is: Teeny-tiny-small but super
armagazine.com/cook-that.) I’m also a organized.
professional recipe tester and developer. I could tell you the secret recipe for:
My video mission: I want You Can Cook Ranch Ice Cream—but I’m trying to
That viewers to learn something new about forget about it.
an ingredient, a technique—or anything Best cook I know: You know who you are.
at all—and have fun doing it. Many of the For my last meal on Earth: Unagi nigiri (eel
topics seem basic, but I’ve been told just sushi), refried beans, aloo paratha (flatbread
how helpful the tips and videos have been stuffed with spicy potatoes), and gooey
even to seasoned cooks. It’s great! It takes cinnamon rolls with cream cheese glaze.
about two hours to shoot one episode, since They may not go together, but they all go
I struggle sometimes with speaking words down the same.
out loud and sounding like a dingbat.
Best advice I ever got: Trust your senses.
A fact few people know: I have difficulty
throwing things away. Some people might Kitchen tool I can’t live without: Chef’s
say that I’m a hoarder, but that’s just knife and a bench scraper. Cutting boards
hyperbolic and downright untrue. I like to are pretty great, too.
call it “Depression Baby Syndrome.” Who I cook for: Just me. And lots of
Obsessions: True crime podcasts, my dog, church friends.
running, and saving foods from the trash. Recent cooking success: Coming into
Food discovery that changed my life: work every day and getting to do what I do.
Leftovers! I am just so zonked from cooking Favorite ethnic cuisine: Indian. Hands down.
all day, and leftovers save my life every In my fridge right now: Unsweetened
night. I also save money on groceries by almond milk, spinach, haricots verts,
just repurposing leftover ingredients or almond butter, beaucoup condiments,
components. It’s the best. a couple of kombuchas, and a Brita filter.
That’s me and my family in Granada, Spain My favorite things to cook: Chocolate chip My hobbies: Singing. Playing with my dog,
cookies. That, and my Korean-Fried Chicken
(top photo), and me with some friends (recipe at right). Elmer Fudd. Reading. And fitness. (Hobby
at a wedding in Detroit (bottom photo). No. 2 can get in the way of the others.)
