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Samin Nosrat Is Making Space At The Table

Nosrat is that rare thing: a woman of color in the upper echelons of the hyper-competitive food world. She is acutely aware of her unicorn status— and taking steps to try and change that.
Samin Nosrat, author of the cookbook <em>Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.</em>

Because of her food journalism, the food world has been well aware of Samin Nosrat for several years. But she became a household name when two things happened: First, her book Salt, Fat, Acid Heat: Mastering The Art of Good Cooking became a runaway bestseller last year. The book explored the mysteries of cooking for the home chef, and garnered just about every award a cookbook could get. In the words of Nosrat's mentor, Alice Waters (chef-owner of the legendary Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse,) Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat "not only teaches you how to cook, but captures how it should feel to cook: full of exploration, spontaneity and joy."

As if that weren't enough, , and which was also called . In it, she travels to Italy to explore the importance of fat (olive oil! Parmesan!); to Japan to see salt harvested and soy and miso fermented; then to

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