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Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

By: Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton, Michael Pollan - introduction
Narrated by: Samin Nosrat
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The international sensation – award-winning chef Samin Nosrat distills the four key principles anyone can use to elevate their food and learn to cook instinctively.

'Revolutionary' YOTAM OTTOLENGHI
'A masterpiece' NIGELLA LAWSON

A Sunday Times Food Book of the Year and a New York Times bestseller

While cooking at Chez Panisse at the start of her career, Samin Nosrat noticed that amid the chaos of the kitchen there were four key principles that her fellow chefs would always fall back on to make their food better: Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat.

By mastering these four variables, Samin found the confidence to trust her instincts in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients. And with her simple but revolutionary method, she has taught masterclasses to give both professionals and amateurs the skills to cook instinctively.

Whether you want to balance your vinaigrette, perfectly caramelise your roasted vegetables or braise meltingly tender stews, Samin's canon of 100 essential recipes and their dozens of variations will teach you how.

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Critic Reviews

"Quite simply an essential book ... a masterpiece" (NIGELLA LAWSON)
"I have become slightly obsessed ... revolutionary in its simplicity" (YOTAM OTTOLENGHI)
"This beautiful, approachable book captures how it should feel to cook: full of exploration, spontaneity and joy" (ALICE WATERS)
"An exhaustively researched treatise on the four pillars of successful cooking. If you can train yourself to recognize the proper balance between salt, fat and acid, then apply the right kind of heat, you'll churn out simple, sophisticated fare in the spirit of Berkeley's Chez Panisse, where Nosrat started out"
"Funny and beautifully illustrated, this book will change the way you cook"
"A must for anyone wanting to be a better cook. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat teaches the fundamentals of cooking and dives into the four elements that make food taste great. So do yourself a favour and buy this book. I promise you won’t regret it" (APRIL BLOOMFIELD)
"The book set to shape significantly what we eat in the future . . . also, her accompanying Netflix documentary series is wonderful"
"The lush, four-episode Netflix series inspired by this book might be the trebuchet that launched Samin Nosrat to household-name status, but it’s her book that we’ll still be reaching for decades from now . . . After applying Nosrat’s lessons . . . I feel like I’ve levelled up from journeyman to master"
"In her liberating and indispensable guide to the whole subject of cooking, Samin Nosrat explains with humour and concision how all great cookery boils down to the four elements of the title"
"Superb . . . Samin Nosrat charmingly [breaks] cooking down into its most basic elements"
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I was hesitant to listen to a cooking book but it was super informative and interesting! A good read for those who loved the Netflix series and want to learn how to be a more confident cook.

A good read

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Brilliant Brilliant, best book on food and eating. Just finished it and am going again

Salt et Al - brilliant

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This book changed my life! I used to be a recipe slave, since reading this book I’ve learned how to cook! The content in this book is incredible and changed the way I look at cooking. I will never again be tied to a recipe with the skills I’ve picked up in this fabulous volume. Samin is the most incredible teacher and has made food food accessible to every home cook.

Best cooking book EVER!

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This is an excellent book that teaches you how to cook (rather than a book that teaches you to cook). It sets out four foundations for all cooking (salt, fat, acid, and heat) discusses how to use them and bring balance to a mean.

Nosrat's narration and narratives are compelling and stitch each section together neatly.

An excellent book about cooking

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A truly lovely listen, Nostat has a wonderful voice - both in her writing and speaking. This was an interesting listen, and offers simple and reasonable explanations to becoming a better and more thoughtful cook.

Beautifully written and read

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