Salt fat acid heat

In her new cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin Nosrat says the key to good food is learning to balance those elements when cooking — and to trust your instincts.

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These are the components you need to make a great salad, according to "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" author Samin Nosrat: salt, fat, acid, crunch, and umami.

For the month of September we asked our readers to cook along with us through Samin Nosrat's "Salt Fat Acid Heat". Here are the most popular recipes everyone made.

We tested out Nosrat's recent, critically acclaimed book, a trove of hard-won kitchen secrets from the California-based chef. Here's what we loved — and really loved — about it.

Samin's Nosrat's Persian-ish rice recipe from her Salt, Fat Acid, Heat cookbook is all about the golden brown crust called tahdig and fluffy grains of rice.

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Cacio e pepe is the Roman (and, dare I say, better) answer to macaroni and cheese. It's traditionally made with pecorino Romano, a salty sheep's milk cheese, and abundant ground black pepper. Take a few measures to prevent the sauce from clumping: first, use the finest grater you have to grate the cheese so it can melt readily. Next, encourage an emulsion in the pan by swirling together the pepper, oil, and starchy pasta water until it comes together. And finally, if your pan isn't roomy…

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