How Long Did It Take You to Write Your First Book?

"I've always wanted to be a writer, basically, since I was in 11th grade," Samin Nosrat says. "It's not to say I spent all of those years writing it." The idea and germination of the idea for Salt Fat Acid Heat took about three and a half years,. And within that 16, 17, 18 years, were there other projects that almost turned into books? He admits he doesn't know when his next book will come out.