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Books recommended by Samin Nosrat

Samin Nosrat

Samin Nosrat is a chef, food writer, and television personality who gained fame with her Netflix series ‘Ugly Delicious’. Her work often explores the intersection of food, culture, and identity. The recommended books showcase her unique blend of storytelling, culinary expertise, and philosophical musings on the role of food in our lives, often drawing inspiration from nature, history, and cultural traditions.

For more information about Samin Nosrat’s work, please visit: www.saminnosrat.com or www.netflix.com/series/ugly-delicious

  1. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World (by Michael Pollan). Recommended by Samin Nosrat , Tim Draper
  2. Vibration Cooking: or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl (by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  3. The Rural Life: (by Verlyn Klinkenborg). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  4. Lulu's Provençal Table: The Food and Wine from Domaine Tempier Vineyard (by Richard Olney). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  5. The French Menu Cookbook: The Food and Wine of France (by Richard Olney). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  6. Simple French Food: (by Richard Olney). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  7. Amarcord: Marcella Remembers (by Marcella Hazan). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  8. Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America (by Maricel E. Presilla). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  9. Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original (by Sara B. Franklin). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  10. Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds (by Yemisi Aribisala). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  11. Auberge Of The Flowering Hearth: (by Roy Andries De Groot). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  12. Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food (by Wendell Berry). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  13. Italian Regional Cooking: (by Ada Boni). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  14. Reflexions: (by Richard Olney). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  15. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (by Michael Pollan). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  16. Honey From a Weed: (by Patience Gray). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  17. White Heat 25: (by Marco Pierre White). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  18. The Taste of Country Cooking: (by Edna Lewis). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  19. The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (by Kevin Young). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  20. The Sesame Street Cookbook: (by Robert Dennis). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  21. Several Short Sentences About Writing: (by Verlyn Klinkenborg). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  22. My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking (by Niloufer Ichaporia King). Recommended by Samin Nosrat
  23. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (by Harold McGee). Recommended by Chris Young , Donald Knuth , Samin Nosrat
  24. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking: (by Marcella Hazan). Recommended by Mark Bittman , Samin Nosrat
  25. Levels of the Game: (by John McPhee). Recommended by Daniel Pink , Samin Nosrat , Stephen Dubner , Tim Ferriss