you know, because I had this sort of overwhelming experience of writing salt, fat acid heat,

making the show, putting them out in the world, it did overwhelm my life. And it uprooted me from

whatever I was grounded in. And I kind of got like tumbled, tossed and tumbled, like a tumbleweed.

And so I, in order to even be

able to think about making another book or cooking again, I had to sort of explore and understand

the role that cooking could play in my own life or in a good life.

Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them.

I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today we are joined by James Beard award-winning chef, TV host, and author Samin Nosrat, to discuss her newest book, Good Things, recipes and rituals to share with people you love. In this cookbook,

Samin shares over 125 of her favorite go-to recipes, including ricotta custard pancakes,

saffron burnished roast chicken, and a nostalgia-inducing yellow cake with chocolate frosting that I am dying to make. Today, Samin and I talk about what it means to live a good life and how that principle

led her to writing this book.

We also talk about holiday season, dues, and don'ts, and she shares about her struggle

to write again after the success of her first cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.

Our book club pick for December is Friday Night Lights, a town, a team, and a dream by

H.G. Bissinger. We will discuss that book on Wednesday, December 31st with Joel Anderson.

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