S5, Ep6 How to Fail: Samin Nosrat

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Oh, Samin Nosrat! Where do I start? With her ebullient personality and wildly infectious laugh? With her four-part Netflix show, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat where she travels the world eating freshly baked focaccia and Japanese seaweed? Or with the award-winning, bestselling cookbook of the same name, that revolutionised the way we thought about food?I don't know where to start. So let me just tell you that she is one of the bubbliest, most open and generous interviewees I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. She joins me to talks about growing up in San Diego, the child of Iranian parents, who was 'the only brown kid' in her school, and what this sense of outsidership taught her. She talks about overnight fame, and the weirdness that comes with that, as well as failing to write, what happens when your business fails and the one memorable time she burned the sauce for a dinner she was cooking for Hillary Clinton. Oh, and the story of how she got the description of osmosis wrong in the science part of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and was berated by critics. Also the way she talks about cassoulet will probably leave you feeling very hungry.Thank you so much Samin for coming on my podcast!*Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat is published by Canongate and is available to order here*I am thrilled to be taking How To Fail on tour around the UK in October, sharing my failure manifesto with the help of some very special guests. These events are not recorded as podcasts so the only way to be there is to book tickets via www.faneproductions.com/howtofail* The Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling book of the podcast, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day, is out now and is available here.*How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Chris Sharp and Naomi Mantin and sponsored by Teatulia. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdaySamin Nosrat @ciaosaminChris Sharp @chrissharpaudioNaomi Mantin @naomimantinTeatulia @TeatuliaUK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession.
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0:09.6	from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and mind-bending documentaries.
0:16.9	They make content that's different from the rest, and which represents a broad cross-section of society.
0:23.1	Channel 4 is the home of unfiltered entertainment.
0:26.5	It's altogether different telly made for you.
0:30.3	And happily, for me, there's so much I always want to watch on Channel 4,
0:35.6	whether it be a bit of Made in Chelsea or the entire box set of Derry Girls,
0:40.4	which is one of my favourite programmes of all time.
0:42.8	Regular listeners will know that I grew up in Derry, and it totally reflects my experience,
0:47.5	albeit through an utterly hilarious lens.
0:50.0	And there's also a three-part series that I can't wait to feast my eyes on,
0:54.1	called Dep vs. Heard.
0:56.4	It unpicks the court case that so many of us watched online and saw being absolutely everywhere
1:04.2	in various comment sections, the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
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1:14.7	It allows you to see the story from all sides, a three-part series, Dep vs. Heard.
1:19.3	Can't wait to watch it.
1:20.7	And I highly recommend that you do too.
1:23.9	Stream now on Channel 4.
1:28.8	This episode is brought to you by Fever Tree.
1:32.4	Now regular listeners will know that I am passionate about a perfectly made margarita.
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