City Arts & Lectures Samin Nosrat & Hrishikesh Hirway
Sep 21, 2025
Samin Nosrat, a celebrated chef and author known for her popular work Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, engages in a delightful conversation with Hrishikesh Hirway, co-host of Home Cooking. They explore Samin's creative journey in writing her new book, Good Things, which centers on food rituals and incorporating vegetables. She shares insights on crafting must-have pantry staples, the importance of community dinners, and the joy of adapting recipes. Samin even touches on the connection between poetry and cooking, making for a delectable discussion.
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Creative Work Needs Long Incubation
- Samin needed long creative incubation and struggled after rapid success with Salt Fat Acid Heat.
- She emphasises that meaningful books can require years of quiet and unwriting before clarity emerges.
A Cookbook As Personal Home Portrait
- Good Things shares Samin's teaching voice and structural thinking like Salt Fat Acid Heat, but is far more personal and home-centered.
- She photographed in her real home and leaned into everyday life rather than studio polish.
Use One Phrase To Shape Structure
- Organize a cookbook around a guiding idea and let chapter titles grow from that single phrase.
- Samin used the phrase "Good Things" to shape the book's structure and themes.
