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Books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
The best books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat are The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science, The Inner Game of Tennis, and Mastery. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat is about cooking fundamentals, culinary intuition, flavor. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
J. Kenji López-Alt · Cooking
The Food Lab is J.
A kindred cooking read.
Read the summary → - The Inner Game of Tennis
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W. Timothy Gallwey · Sports psychology
The Inner Game of Tennis is Timothy Gallwey's short, influential argument that the biggest obstacle to performing and learning is not a lack of technique but the interference of our own minds.
A kindred cooking read.
Read the summary → - Mastery
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Robert Greene · Self-help
Mastery is Robert Greene's long account of how extraordinary human mastery develops — from childhood inclinations through apprenticeship through creative independence to the integration that characterizes true mastery.
A kindred cooking read.
Read the summary → - The First 20 Hours
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Josh Kaufman · Self-help
The First 20 Hours makes a sharp distinction that most books on learning quietly ignore: the difference between becoming competent at a skill and becoming world-class at one.
A kindred cooking read.
Read the summary → - Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
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Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
Valérie Filiou · Self-help
Abstract Painting is a practical handbook for painters who want to move beyond representation and learn to work with color, form, and gesture on their own terms.
Both dig into technique.
Read the summary → - Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
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Ben Macintyre · History
In 1943, British intelligence planted a dead man on a Spanish beach carrying fabricated documents designed to convince the Germans that the Allied invasion of southern Europe would target Greece and Sardinia rather than Sicily.
Both dig into improvisation.
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Books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: quick answers
What are the best books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat?
The best books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat are The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt, The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey, Mastery by Robert Greene, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques by Valérie Filiou, plus 1 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, such as cooking fundamentals, culinary intuition, flavor.
What should I read after Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat?
A natural next read after Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat is The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt. A kindred cooking read. Other strong choices are The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey, Mastery by Robert Greene, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman.
What books are similar to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat?
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat centers on cooking fundamentals, culinary intuition, flavor. Books with a similar feel include The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science by J. Kenji López-Alt, The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey, Mastery by Robert Greene, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman, Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques by Valérie Filiou, Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
