[4][5][6] Her 2020 collaboration with Hawa Hassan, In Bibi's Kitchen, won the 2022 James Beard Foundation award for Best International Cookbook.
[12] She serves on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's Kitchen Cabinet Advisory Board[13] and is the founder of Equity At The Table (EATT), a digital directory of people of color, women, and non-binary individuals in food.
She subsequently co-authored and collaborated on approximately ten cookbooks,[24] and supplemented her income by working as a private chef for wealthy clients.
[25] In 2016, Turshen released her first solo cookbook, Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs.
[32] The San Francisco Chronicle lauded it as one of their picks for best cookbooks of 2017[33] and The Village Voice included it on their list of 2017's Best Food Books for Woke Readers (and Eaters).
[34] In 2018, Turshen's book Now & Again: Go-To Recipes, Inspired Menus + Endless Ideas for Reinventing Leftovers was nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award in the category of Best Food & Cookbooks.
[36] Turshen has given talks or served as moderator at venues including Brooklyn's Museum of Food & Drink,[37] the University of Michigan,[38] New Orleans' Dillard University,[39] The New York Times Food Festival,[40] the National Museum of American History,[41] the Philly Chef Conference,[42] and the William Vale Hotel.