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Samin Nosrat Discovers She Has Jewish Heritage

JL;DR SUMMARY Chef and author Samin Nosrat, known for her book "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat," recently revealed on the "Talk Easy" podcast that she discovered her Jewish heritage through her late father's hidden YouTube videos. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IdentityJewish CultureJewish HeritageAbraham Joshua HeschelThe SabbathBahaiSamin NosratGood ThingsFood And CommunitySalt Fat Acid Heat

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Iran
"Nosrats father, a Bahai refugee who fled Iran and immigrated to the United States, died a few years ago."
United States
"fled Iran and immigrated to the United States, died a few years ago."

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