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Dec 2023
36 m

Samin Nosrat

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Michele joins chef Samin Nosrat, author of the New York Times bestseller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, to tell stories of Nosrat’s mother’s kitchen, who and what else shaped her as she grew up, and a very special trip Nosrat took to her native Iran when she was just a kid. Samin Nosrat is a San Diego-born, Oakland-based c ... Show More
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