Samin Nosrat's Kitchen Favorites

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Samin Nosrat shares her must-have tools, condiments, and tricks for making everyday cooking joyful—and entertaining less stressful.

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0:00.0	I was very excited to come here and I don't know what exactly are going to ask me, but I have many favorite tools that I'm very particular about.
0:13.3	That was what was coming up.
0:14.2	You're reading.
0:15.3	And I have so many opinions.
0:21.3	I'm Christine Sirclicette. I'm Kyra Blackwell. I'm Christine Zierk Plissette.
0:23.1	I'm Tyra Blackwell.
0:24.4	I'm Rosie Garan.
0:25.7	And you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.
0:44.6	Our guest today, Samin Nostrat, I am so, so excited for people to hear this conversation.
0:46.1	Trying not to fan girl right now.
0:47.8	Oh, well, I think we should fan girl.
0:48.8	She deserves it.
0:49.8	She's so awesome. She's so cool.
0:50.9	Yeah, I kept it together in the studio, so.
0:52.7	Thank you.
0:53.2	It was hard.
0:56.3	Samin is a cookbook author.
0:58.6	She's an accomplished chef.
1:00.7	You might know her from her wildly popular cookbook, salt, fat, acid heat, which came out in 2017.
1:07.3	And there was also a Netflix series based on the book.
1:10.7	And it's a total delight. If you haven't watched it, you should go back and watch it. You can also find many of her recipes on New York Times cooking where she is a contributor. Yeah, and she just came out with a new cookbook. It's called Good Things, Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love. And we thought it would be really fun to bring her on and talk about the book, talk about all of her favorite kitchen gear, and get her best tips on entertaining.
1:32.9	Samin is an absolute dream, and I'm so, so excited for you to hear this conversation.
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