Samin nosrat s — a short introduction to this piece.
Samin nosrat s: Quick Notes
If you, like me, were thoroughly charmed by Samin Nosrat’s whole-face smile and bottomless curiosity in her 2018 Netflix series Salt Fat Acid Heat, you’ll be delighted to discover that her home kitchen in Oakland, CA, is as warm and joyful and unpretentious as she is.
The Chez Panisse-trained chef and food writer—her latest cookbook, Good Things, was released a couple months ago—lives in a small cottage in an urban compound of homes that share a courtyard (we featured the lovely communal setup in our 2022 book Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home). Her galley kitchen is tiny. There’s no marble-topped island, no walk-in larder, no appliance garage, not even a full-sized refrigerator.
Yet—it is in this humble, compact space, right next to the stairs, she where she creates delicious dish after delicious dish, often to feed loved ones. Her new book, subtitled “Recipes and Rituals to Share With People You Love,” speaks to this core ethos: cooking can be an act of generosity, a gift of your time and care and attention. You don’t need a Lacanche range to be a better cook or more engaged friend—just some well-designed, durable tools and a commitment to nourish your relationships.
Samin’s kitchen isn’t fancy, but it’s not lacking in style. Far from it. “Beauty and utility is sort of my personal design motto,” Samin tells us. Let’s take a tour—of both her cozy home kitchen and her nearby sparkling-new test kitchen.
Photography by Aya Brackett.
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