For a new podcast, member station WNYC has been asking: What scares you? Samin Nosrat, the Iranian-American food writer behind the cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, talks about some of her fears.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Having courage doesn’t mean that you’re fearless. It means that you overcome your fears. Our member station WNYC has been asking people to name their fears, and we’re sharing some. Today we hear from Samin Nosrat. She’s the Iranian-American food writer behind the influential book, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.” And here are some of her fears.
SAMIN NOSRAT: That the color of my skin will bring harm upon me. I’ve always been aware of being different, but I wasn’t really aware of any sort of threat to my physical person because of the way I look until September 2001. At that time, I used to wear this agate necklace, and it had the Arabic names of, like, the five main prophets of Islam on there. And so I remember I got a flat tire a few…
