Discover the revolutionary method for mastering good cooking through the four essential elements: Salt, Fat, Acid, and Heat. Inspired by Samin Nosrat's experience cooking at Chez Panisse, this book teaches you how to trust your instincts and create delicious meals with any ingredients.

This title is the basis for the hit Netflix documentary series and is a New York Times bestseller and WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON BEST DEBUT FOOD BOOK 2018.

• Master the four fundamental variables of cooking: Salt, Fat, Acid, and Heat.
• Learn how to use salt to amplify flavor and acid to balance it.
• Understand how fat contributes flavor, binds ingredients, and affects texture (creamy, flaky, crispy).
• Master heat as the element of transformation to ensure food cooks evenly.
• Includes a canon of 100 essential recipes and dozens of variations.
• Authored by chef and food writer Samin Nosrat, who was named to the Time 100 list in 2019.

• Author: Samin Nosrat
• Contributor: Michael Pollan (introduction), Wendy MacNaughton (illustrator)
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 480 pages
• Publication Date: August 29, 2017
• ISBN-10: 1782112308
• ISBN-13: 978-1782112303
• Dimensions: 19.5 x 4.2 x 24 cm
• Weight: 1.5 kg (1500g)

Whether you aim to perfectly balance a vinaigrette or braise tender stews, this book provides the skills to cook instinctively by understanding the core principles that govern all successful dishes.