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Season 1 – Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

2018 Special Interest Travel List
100% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 71% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat travels around the world to demystify and explore the central principles of what makes food delicious. Based on Nosrat's James Beard Award-winning book of the same name, "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" serves as the essential guide for the basic elements of good cooking. The episodes see Nosrat travel to home kitchens of Italy, the southern islands of Japan, the heat of the Yucatán, and to Berkeley's Chez Panisse -- where she began her culinary career -- to explore the central principles of what makes food delicious and how people can easily incorporate the elements into every dish they make. Read More Read Less
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Critics Consensus

Salt Fat Acid Heat distinguishes itself from other cooking programs with Samin Nosrat's approachable and educational teaching style, celebrating the essential ingredients of a good meal with an international perspective.

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Anna Leszkiewicz New Statesman Instead of being overawed by the technical brilliance that goes into great cooking, you are left marvelling at its simplicity. Mar 23, 2020 Full Review Doreen St. Felix New Yorker If her travels arouse a sense of jealousy in you, it's never stronger than your admiration. You want to be Nosrat's friend, and not just for a seat at her evening feasts. Mar 23, 2020 Full Review Caroline Framke Variety Directed by Caroline Suh, the series weaves between gorgeous shots of dishes and vistas and practical lessons, bringing the best of both worlds together in a way that makes you wonder why it took so long. Mar 23, 2020 Full Review Shannon Caulfield The Daily Dot From taste to texture, [Samin Nosrat] makes viewers feel capable of applying her knowledge and advice to their at-home cooking. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 23, 2020 Full Review Marty Brown Common Sense Media Global-minded food show concentrates on the basics. Rated: 4/5 Nov 6, 2018 Full Review Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez Tom & Lorenzo It's a beautiful series not just about food, but about culture and experience and tradition with a very heavy and notable focus on women and people of color throughout the world. Nov 2, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member More educational than any cooking show that I've ever had the pleasure to watch. Her story is amazing ... started out as a poetry major and brought all of that wonderful aesthetic into distilling the 4 essential, universal truth of great cooking. Watch this. You will never cook food the same. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Samin Nosrat spends more time trying to show her guests what she knows than actually trying to learn from them. Her Italian is so bad her guests frequently become frustrated and revert to speaking English to avoid it. I'm sure she got to where she is by being good at what she does, but in this situation I just don't see it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member An excellent look at cooking, flavor and culture. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Samin Nosrat's brilliant series has changed the way I cook, look at food and think about how to share food with others. It is a triumphant yet humble examination of the best parts of humanity and our connection to food. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Good content, horrible camera work. Framing is very tight with shallow DOF made worse by focus on the wrong thing. Making bread? Let's focus on the baking tray instead of the dough! Making pesto? Let's focus on the mortar instead of the basil. Did I mention the camera is inches away from being shoved in the food and people's faces? Guys come on, this isn't artistic, this is annoying. Samin is great to watch and listen to. Clearly she knows her stuff and comes across as approachable but as someone else mentioned, she speaks over the guests that have been invited. Gets a little annoying. I think the Director and the camera guys were inexperienced. :\ Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Couldn't deal with Samin Nosrat. Tries way too hard. A little too much forced enthusiam for my taste. Nothing beats Chef's table so far, although I did like Cooked. This goes in the trash can with Ugly Delicious. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Oct 11, 2018 Fat In northern Italy, Samin savors the magical properties of olive oil, pork fat and cheese as she visits farms and helps prepare local specialties. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 11, 2018 Salt From sea salt to soy sauce to miso; a trip to Japan reveals the many forms salt can take -- and the profound effects it can have on food. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 11, 2018 Acid To illustrate the transformative power of acids, Samin visits Yucatán, where sour oranges, salsa and Mayan honey add new dimensions to every dish. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 11, 2018 Heat Back home in California, Samin uses heat to unlock rich colors and flavors as she roasts meat and veggies, then makes crispy rice with her mom. Details

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Season Info

Director
Caroline Suh
Network
Netflix
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Special Interest, Travel
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 11, 2018
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