Salt Fat Acid Heat, Samin Nosrat

Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking 2018 James Beard Award: Best General Cookbook With great illustrations, and written by a chef, writer and teacher, this book provides clear guides to why and how certain techniques and food combinations just work! In the tradition of The Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything comes Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an ambitious new approach to cooking by a major new culinary voice. Chef and writer Samin Nosrat has taught everyone from professional chefs to middle school kids to author Michael Pollan to cook using her revolutionary, yet simple, philosophy. Master the use of just four elements— Salt, which enhances flavor; Fat, which delivers flavor and generates texture; Acid, which balances flavor; and Heat, which ultimately determines the texture of food—and anything you cook will be delicious. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will teach and inspire a new generation