A vibrant community focused on cooking, gardening, reading, and general good living from Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and Good Things.
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A Fallow Time
Well, there is time left --
fields everywhere invite you into them.
And who will care, who will chide you if you wander away
from wherever you are, to look for your soul?
—Mary Oliver, from “Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long B...
The Grain of Salt Gift Guide
This week, instead of the usual What’s Good, we’re sharing a list of gift ideas from each person here at Salt HQ. You’ll notice that we’re all feeling sort of overwhelmed by corporate capitalism, so our suggestions tend toward the hand-made...
What's Good
Every week Samin & the team post 3 things (give or take) we find delightful, enriching, and worth encouraging you to check out for yourself. When we have them, this is where you’ll find updates too.
Hope you get as much joy from all this a...
What I Cook When I Don't Feel Like Cooking
I first made these “tacos” after opening up the fridge and thinking, “I’ve got nothing to cook.” I scrounged around a bit and found some eggs and a package of scallion pancakes in the freezer and figured this would be filling, if nothing el...
What's Good
Every week Samin & the team post 3 things (give or take) we find delightful, enriching, and worth encouraging you to check out for yourself. When we have them, this is where you’ll find updates too.
Hope you get as much joy from all this a...
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writer || teacher || cook || My new book, GOOD THINGS, is out now!
Ebony Haight is a writer living in Oakland, California. She’s received support from Periplus Collective, Tin House, and Hedgebrook, and is working on a speculative memoir of queer love stories, set against the backdrop of her transracial adoption.
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