When I arrive at the buzzy new Bleecker Street sandwich shop Salt Hank early one afternoon in July, Samin Nosrat is right behind me, peering through the windows of the restaurant. She’s eager to nab one of their famous French dip sandwiches.

It’s the first stop on our culinary tour of the West Village and Nosrat’s first visit to the neighborhood since New York magazine ran its infamous “West Village Girls” article . “I understand now,” she quips as we walk past young girls in white sipping Aperol spritzes.

The night before, Nosrat had attended a dinner studded with food-world stars including The New Yorker ’s Helen Rosner to celebrate her highly anticipated second book, Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love, out this week from Random House. Now, fresh l

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