Laurel Braitman and Samin Nosrat
Laurel Braitman\xa0is the Director of Writing and Storytelling at The Medicine and the Muse Program at Stanford School of Medicine.\xa0 There, she helps clinical students, staff, and physicians communicate more clearly and vulnerably \u2013 for their own benefit as well as that of their patients. Braitman is also the founder of \u201cWriting Medicine\u201d, a global community of health care professionals. Her new memoir,\xa0What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love, examines grief and chronicles a life spent learning how to outfish fishermen, keep bees, and fix cars \u2013 all against the backdrop of a parent with terminal illness. On March 31, 2023, Laurel Braitman came to the Sydney Goldstein Theater for an on-stage conversation with her longtime friend Samin Nosrat.\xa0 Nosrat\u2019s a cook, teacher, podcaster, and the author of the cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, which became a Netflix series.