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In this episode, we are joined by Suvir Saran. Suvir is a Michelin starred chef for his restaurant Devi in New York. He has spent most of his career in the US before returning to India a few years ago. Apart from being a chef, Suvir is a writer, a restauranteur, a farmer, on the advisory board of Brigham and Women's hospital at Harvard, amongst many other things. While this episode is focused on Thinking Like a Chef, many of Suvir's other avatars come up during the discussion. Parts of this episode, especially towards the end, are very personal and really give us a sense of who Suvir is.  As you will see, there are many aspects of being a chef which generalize far outside that particular domain. Talking after the recording, Mohanan, Tara and I saw various connections between the discussion in this episode and the previous one - Thinking Like a Theoretical Linguist. If you have had the chance to listen to both of them, you might enjoy reflecting on the commonality between these apparently distinct domains. We hope you enjoy this episode. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for future episodes.