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Samin Nosrat

Samin Nosrat is a professional cook and freelance writer. She spent five years as the sous chef and "farmwife" at Eccolo, and her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Meatpaper, and Edible San Francisco. More

Samin Nosrat is a professional cook and freelance writer who looks to tradition, culture, and history for inspiration. Trained at Chez Panisse, she then moved to Italy, where she worked with butcher Dario Cecchini and chef Benedetta Vitali. She spent five years as the sous chef and "farmwife" at Eccolo, and her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Meatpaper, and Edible San Francisco, as well as on her blog, Ciao Samin.
Where the Lines Between Chefs and Artists Blur

Where the Lines Between Chefs and Artists Blur

An elaborate event—dinner? performance? party?—shows how the Bay Area is rejecting culinary labels… More »

A Different Kind of Home Ec

A Different Kind of Home Ec

What if cooking class were about what grandparents forgot to teach us, like making pasta and butchering? Turns out you can teach new chefs old tricks.… More »

Recipe: Basic Handmade Pasta

This recipe serves up a simple helping of pasta, a food that dates back to Neolithic times… More »

In the Bay Area, Cooks Are Breaking the Rules

In the Bay Area, Cooks Are Breaking the Rules

From pop-up general stores to butchering as performance, chefs are connecting us to food by exploding culinary convention… More »

One Cupcake at a Time

One Cupcake at a Time

This Sunday, a bake sale raised $22,500 in aid for Haiti. The organizer explains how she did it—and how you can, too.… More »

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