An Evening with Samin Nosrat -
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1930 - 2130
Spend an uplifting evening with Samin Nosrat, bestselling author of SALT FAT ACID HEAT, as she discusses her eagerly-awaited new book, GOOD THINGS. Samin will share stories around the inspiration for the cookbook, her development and selection of the recipes, and the culinary rituals she shares with close friends. In an evening about creativity and connection, Samin will remind us how cooking can not only nourish our bodies but also satiate our desire for kinship and community.
Samin has invited Seattle author Angela Garbes to join her for this conversation. When a mutual friend introduced Samin and Angela in 2017, they bonded immediately over their shared social and cultural outlooks. In the years since, they have become literary colleagues and cheerleaders for one another's work and success
In 2017, Samin shared her simple but revolutionary cooking philosophy with us in Salt Fat Acid Heat. She then adapted the lessons of the #1 New York Times Bestseller into a beloved limited series of the same name for Netflix. And during the pandemic, she launched the Home Cooking podcast with Hrishikesh Hirway, sharing both her depth of knowledge and her joy for cooking with fans across the world. Over the years, Samin has become a trusted kitchen companion to millions of fans through her warm and endearing and deeply human approach to cooking, its processes, and its pleasures.
On September 16, 2025, Random House will publish Samin's eagerly awaited follow-up to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, a cookbook titled GOOD THINGS: RECIPES AND RITUALS TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE, offering more than 125 of her favorite recipes – simply put, the things she most loves to cook for herself and her friends – and infuses them with her trademark blend of warmth, creativity, and precision.
About Samin Nosrat:
As an undergraduate studying English at UC Berkeley, Samin Nosrat took a detour into the kitchen at Chez Panisse restaurant that happily determined the course of her life and career. Since 2000, she pursued her twin passions of food and words with equal vigor, aiming to create work that inspires, creates community, and raises cultural, social and environmental awareness.
Samin learned to cook at Chez Panisse, in Italy alongside Benedetta Vitali and Dario Cecchini, and at (the no longer existing) Eccolo in Berkeley. She studied poetry with Robert Hass, Shakespeare with Stephen Booth, and journalism with Michael Pollan. She has said that Alice Waters and farmer Bob Cannard taught her more about land stewardship than anyone else.
Her book, Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking is a New York Times bestseller, and the 2018 James Beard General Cookbook of the Year. A documentary series based on the book is now streaming on Netflix. She is a former food columnist for the New York Times Magazine. She was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019 in the Pioneers category. Also in 2019 Nosrat's Netflix series Salt Fat Acid Heat, received the James Beard Award for Television Program, on Location.
Samin has spoken about food, art, culture and cooking at venues as diverse as the Oakland Unified School District Nutrition Services, UC Berkeley, Yale University, SFMoMA, St. Mary's College, University of San Francisco, the Orange Institute, the Headlands Center for the Arts, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), and Artechef, the Cuban national cooking school. Nosrat is the editor of The Best American Food Writing 2019. In early 2020, during the Covid-19 national shutdown, she started a podcast titled Home Cooking with Hrishikesh Hirway to offer suggestions and answer questions related to home cooking.
Samin Nosrat Web site Tour Page: https://ciaosamin.com/appearances
Samin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciaosamin/
Samin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samin.nosrat
Samin Podcast: https://homecooking.show/
About Angela Garbes
Angela Garbes is a writer based in Seattle, Washington, where she lives with her family on Beacon Hill.
She is the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor, called "a landmark and a lightning storm, a gift that will be passed hand to hand for years," by The New Yorker.
You can watch her discuss Essential Labor and the value of domestic work on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or listen to her conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Her TED Talk, "What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces" insists that we treat caregiving and parenting as the work that makes all work possible.
Her first book, Like a Mother-a narrative nonfiction book exploring the emerging science and cultural myths of pregnancy-was an NPR Best Book of 2018.
Angela's writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, the Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York, Bon Appétit, and was featured on Fresh Air and The Daily Show. In a previous life she was the staff food writer at The Stranger in Seattle. She is proud to have started her care
Category: Attractions | Talks & Lectures
Prices:
Reserved Seating - Orchestra/Founders Tier - includes all fees: USD 75.00,
Reserved Seating - Second Tier - includes all fees: USD 68.10,
Reserved Seating - Third Tier - includes all fees: USD 54.30
Samin has invited Seattle author Angela Garbes to join her for this conversation. When a mutual friend introduced Samin and Angela in 2017, they bonded immediately over their shared social and cultural outlooks. In the years since, they have become literary colleagues and cheerleaders for one another's work and success
In 2017, Samin shared her simple but revolutionary cooking philosophy with us in Salt Fat Acid Heat. She then adapted the lessons of the #1 New York Times Bestseller into a beloved limited series of the same name for Netflix. And during the pandemic, she launched the Home Cooking podcast with Hrishikesh Hirway, sharing both her depth of knowledge and her joy for cooking with fans across the world. Over the years, Samin has become a trusted kitchen companion to millions of fans through her warm and endearing and deeply human approach to cooking, its processes, and its pleasures.
On September 16, 2025, Random House will publish Samin's eagerly awaited follow-up to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, a cookbook titled GOOD THINGS: RECIPES AND RITUALS TO SHARE WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE, offering more than 125 of her favorite recipes – simply put, the things she most loves to cook for herself and her friends – and infuses them with her trademark blend of warmth, creativity, and precision.
About Samin Nosrat:
As an undergraduate studying English at UC Berkeley, Samin Nosrat took a detour into the kitchen at Chez Panisse restaurant that happily determined the course of her life and career. Since 2000, she pursued her twin passions of food and words with equal vigor, aiming to create work that inspires, creates community, and raises cultural, social and environmental awareness.
Samin learned to cook at Chez Panisse, in Italy alongside Benedetta Vitali and Dario Cecchini, and at (the no longer existing) Eccolo in Berkeley. She studied poetry with Robert Hass, Shakespeare with Stephen Booth, and journalism with Michael Pollan. She has said that Alice Waters and farmer Bob Cannard taught her more about land stewardship than anyone else.
Her book, Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking is a New York Times bestseller, and the 2018 James Beard General Cookbook of the Year. A documentary series based on the book is now streaming on Netflix. She is a former food columnist for the New York Times Magazine. She was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019 in the Pioneers category. Also in 2019 Nosrat's Netflix series Salt Fat Acid Heat, received the James Beard Award for Television Program, on Location.
Samin has spoken about food, art, culture and cooking at venues as diverse as the Oakland Unified School District Nutrition Services, UC Berkeley, Yale University, SFMoMA, St. Mary's College, University of San Francisco, the Orange Institute, the Headlands Center for the Arts, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), and Artechef, the Cuban national cooking school. Nosrat is the editor of The Best American Food Writing 2019. In early 2020, during the Covid-19 national shutdown, she started a podcast titled Home Cooking with Hrishikesh Hirway to offer suggestions and answer questions related to home cooking.
Samin Nosrat Web site Tour Page: https://ciaosamin.com/appearances
Samin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciaosamin/
Samin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samin.nosrat
Samin Podcast: https://homecooking.show/
About Angela Garbes
Angela Garbes is a writer based in Seattle, Washington, where she lives with her family on Beacon Hill.
She is the author of the national bestseller Essential Labor, called "a landmark and a lightning storm, a gift that will be passed hand to hand for years," by The New Yorker.
You can watch her discuss Essential Labor and the value of domestic work on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or listen to her conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Her TED Talk, "What Working Parents Really Need From Workplaces" insists that we treat caregiving and parenting as the work that makes all work possible.
Her first book, Like a Mother-a narrative nonfiction book exploring the emerging science and cultural myths of pregnancy-was an NPR Best Book of 2018.
Angela's writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, the Atlantic, The Washington Post, New York, Bon Appétit, and was featured on Fresh Air and The Daily Show. In a previous life she was the staff food writer at The Stranger in Seattle. She is proud to have started her care
Category: Attractions | Talks & Lectures
Prices:
Reserved Seating - Orchestra/Founders Tier - includes all fees: USD 75.00,
Reserved Seating - Second Tier - includes all fees: USD 68.10,
Reserved Seating - Third Tier - includes all fees: USD 54.30
Starting Price Per Person
$ 54.30 USD
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Benaroya Hall
200 University Street
Seattle Washington 98101
United States
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
200 University Street
Seattle Washington 98101
United States
( Multi-Purpose Events Venue )
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