hi. i'm samin nosrat. i cook. i write. i teach. and i love: horizontal stripes, liberty prints, semi-hard basque sheepsmilk cheeses, and trying to find the good in everything. bart nagel took this photo of me.
the greatest influences on my life have been my teachers, amazing people i've had the honor and privilege of spending many years studying with and learning from:
- my mother, grandmothers and aunts
- my eleventh grade english teacher tom dorman
- my shakespeare and poetry professor stephen booth
- alice waters, christopher lee, cal peternell, david tanis and the rest of la famille panisse
- farmer extraordinaire bob cannard
- tuscan butcher dario cecchini
- the cooks--professional and amateur--i've taught and worked alongside
- my journalism teacher, writer michael pollan
- my best friends aaron hyman, charlie hallowell & thirza young