Samin NosratRecommended Books
Iranian-American chef and food writer
Samin Nosrat (Persian: ثمین نصرت, , born November 7, 1979) is an Iranian-American chef, TV host, food writer and podcaster. She is the author of the James Beard Award–winning, New York Times Bestselling cookbook Salt Fat Acid Heat and host of a Netflix docu-series of the same name. From 2017 to 2021, she was a food columnist for The New York Times Magazine. Nosrat is also the co-host of the podcast Home Cooking. Her second book is titled Good Things.
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“I always turn to this author for inspiration on food, community, agriculture, and well, just being a human.”
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“This book is vital, introducing a new generation of readers and eaters to the deeply important life and legacy of Miss Lewis.”
“Vastly detailed and rich with anthropological, historical, and cultural information, I refer to this book first anytime I want to learn or better understand anything about Latin cuisine.”
“The first cookbook I ever saw, let alone read, that strayed from the usual format.”
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“Parsi cooking is exquisite, existing at the intersection of Indian and Persian, and I can never get enough of the author's recipes (I adore her Parsi deviled eggs).”
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