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• Samin Nosrat:

  My mom, who left Iran in 1976, steeped us in the smells, tastes, and traditions of Persian cuisine.

• Samin Nosrat:

  The cornerstone of every Persian meal is rice, or polo.

• Samin Nosrat:

  Persian cuisine is, above all, about balance - of tastes and flavors, textures and temperatures. In

• Samin Nosrat:

  No Persian meal is complete without an abundance of herbs.

• Samin Nosrat:

  Growing up, I thought salt belonged in a shaker at the table and nowhere else.

• Samin Nosrat:

  Salt's relationship to flavor is multidimensional: It has its own particular taste, and it both bal

• Samin Nosrat:

  Salt has a greater impact on flavor than any other ingredient. Learn to use it well, and food will

• Samin Nosrat:

  Inexpensive and forgiving, kosher salt is fantastic for everyday cooking and tastes pure.

• Samin Nosrat:

  I love roast chicken, juicy summer tomatoes, and carrot cake slathered with tangy cream-cheese fros

• Samin Nosrat:

  I love bitter broccoli rabe tossed with Calabrian chiles and hidden under a mountain of snowy shave