Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’

Modern Love

The New York Times

Nytimes, Redemption, Society & Culture, New York Times, Love, Essay, Storytelling, Loss, Nyt

4.4 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The chef Samin Nosrat lives by the idea that food is love. Her Netflix series, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” and the James Beard Award-winning cookbook that inspired it, were about using food to build community and forge connections. Since then, all of her creative projects and collaborations have focused on inspiring people to cook, and eat, with their friends and loved ones. After the recent loss of her father, Samin has gained an even deeper understanding of what it means to savor a meal — or even an hour — with loved ones. This week, she reads an essay about exactly that: “You May Want to Marry My Husband” by Amy Krause Rosenthal. It’s one of the most-read Modern Love essays ever.

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0:00.0	Love now and
0:04.0	and draw.
0:05.0	The first that I love a love,
0:06.0	but stronger than anything.
0:08.0	I feel a love for love.
0:09.0	And I love you more than anything.
0:12.0	They're still love.
0:13.0	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:17.0	This is Modern Love.
0:21.0	And we're still celebrating our 20th anniversary, spotlighting our favorite love stories with our favorite
0:26.0	writers, musicians, artists, and today a chef.
0:31.8	Cooking for someone is kind of the original way to say, I love you.
0:36.3	The labor, the time, the care, all that chopping and needing and careful seasoning.
0:45.0	So if food is love, then chef and writer Samine Nasrat just might be the most romantic person in the world.
0:50.0	It's sweet.
0:51.0	It's sweet.
0:52.0	Misamra-Dolge. It's rich in flavor. It's rich in flavor. Yeah. It's so good. It's so good. It's bringing tears to my eyes.
1:00.0	That's Demine on her Netflix show show Salt Fat Acid Heat, freaking out in the best way over some
1:06.4	parmesan cheese in Italy with the people who spent years making it.
1:10.7	This is Samine in her element, sharing meals and laughs and sometimes tears with other people.
1:17.0	From the vibrant delicious dinner she hosts for her friends,
1:20.0	I'm going to put you straight to work.
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