reader; Netflix’s “Salt Fat Acid Heat” Is A Food Show For Actual Humans. Fat 48m. Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat travels the world to explore four basic keys to wonderful cooking, serving up feasts and helpful tips along the way. Samin Nosrat’s new food documentary series is a curious mix of luxury and gravitas, swirled together with unfettered joy. It also inspired a critically-acclaimed Netflix series by the same name. She is a regular food columnist for The New York Times Magazine and has a Netflix docu-series based on her cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat. Now a Netflix series WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON BEST DEBUT FOOD BOOK 2018 Sunday Times Food Book of the Year and New York Times bestseller While cooking at Chez Panisse at the start of her career, Samin Nosrat noticed that amid the chaos of the kitchen there were four key principles that her fellow chefs would always fall back on to make their food better: Salt, Fat, Acid and Heat. Samin Nosrat (Persian: ثمین نصرت ‎, / s ə ˈ m i n ˈ n ʌ s r ɑː t /, born November 7, 1979) is an American chef, TV host and food writer. Salt Fat Acid Heat: Season 1 (Trailer) Salt Fat Acid Heat: Season 1 (Podcast) Episodes Salt Fat Acid Heat. Release year: 2018. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (streaming on Netflix starting Thursday) is blessedly free of pretension or manipulation. By explaining the hows and whys of good cooking, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will teach and inspire a new generation of cooks how to confidently make better decisions in the kitchen and cook delicious meals with any ingredients, anywhere, at any time. 1. the show explores what Nosrat considers to be the four vital elements of cooking: Salt Fat Acid and Heat. Season 1.