00:00A lot of people want me to make their dream man,
00:02which I unfortunately can't.
00:04Hey Harper's Bazaar, it's Nara Aziza Smith,
00:07and today I'm gonna answer your burning questions.
00:12Do I wait until everyone's like?
00:13Okay.
00:14What is your first memory of cooking?
00:16It's probably me being in the kitchen with my grandma
00:19and her chopping potatoes with a very dull knife,
00:22but that introduced me to cooking
00:23and it looked kind of fun to me.
00:25Yeah.
00:26What is the first TikTok meal you made from scratch?
00:29I think it was a while ago, it was like a year or two ago,
00:33I posted making bread and jam for my kids
00:36and people had a lot of opinions on that.
00:38A lot of people were like,
00:39who's gonna feed their kids breakfast three hours later?
00:42Or who's gonna take seven hours to bake some bread
00:45when your kids want breakfast?
00:46But it's all just fun.
00:48And I do feed my kids in between, obviously.
00:50How often are you at the grocery store?
00:52That's a very good question.
00:53I usually do a big shop once or twice a week,
00:57and then I find myself at the grocery store
00:59probably every single day.
01:00I just shop for general groceries that I always kind of get
01:03or fresh produce or anything
01:05that I'm kind of craving in that moment
01:06or that my husband mentions or my kids want.
01:08Sometimes I'll have a really cool idea and be like,
01:11I wanna make candy from scratch, so more sugar for that.
01:14But usually it's just pantry staples or fridge staples
01:17that I use for my videos.
01:18My pantry is pretty full.
01:20It's not organized.
01:22What is the wildest from scratch video request
01:24you've seen in your comments?
01:26Probably making electricity or water.
01:29A lot of people want me to make their dream man,
01:32which I unfortunately can't,
01:34but those are probably the wildest ones.
01:36What is the most overrated ingredient?
01:40Truffle.
01:41I don't like when people put truffle on every single thing.
01:44Sometimes it's great, but you don't have to overdo it,
01:47and some things just don't need truffle.
01:50Who are your favorite celebrity chefs?
01:53Gordon Ramsay, probably.
01:54I love how he yells at people.
01:56Or Martha Stewart, she's just an icon.
01:58How far in advance do you plan
02:00your TikTok recipes and videos?
02:02That depends on what I'm doing
02:04and what my current situation looks like.
02:05Sometimes I'm traveling, so I pre-plan some things
02:08and I pre-shoot some stuff.
02:09Or I just kind of make it up the night before
02:11and I'm like, ooh, that would be cool tomorrow.
02:13Or a lot of the times I film
02:15what I would naturally do already,
02:17like my meal prep videos.
02:18I would naturally meal prep anyways,
02:20so I just film that.
02:21Or making different dinners
02:22or making my kids things that they requested,
02:24because they actually do request those things.
02:26So, yeah, it depends.
02:27It's a mix of things.
02:29Does Lucky help you film?
02:31No, he doesn't.
02:32I'm very specific with how I want my angles
02:35and how I want it shot and how I want it to look.
02:37So he's offered.
02:39I've just politely declined.
02:40What's your family's go-to comfort meal?
02:42It has to be chicken noodle soup.
02:44I don't know what it is about a good chicken noodle soup
02:47if you do the whole thing properly.
02:49It's just so good.
02:50I have it in the summer, in the winter.
02:51I don't care how hot it is.
02:52I will always want a chicken noodle soup.
02:54What is a recent homemade meal your kids refuse to eat?
02:57Something with fish.
02:59I don't know what it is.
03:00They think fish is gross.
03:01So I've tried breading it.
03:03I've tried frying it.
03:04I've tried steaming it.
03:06Everything, but they still won't have it.
03:07So probably that.
03:09I feel like my kids are pretty good when it comes to eating,
03:13but what we've always done
03:14is just feed them whatever we're eating.
03:16So whatever we're eating, they're eating,
03:18and I'm not making separate meals.
03:20And some people, I don't know, have opinions on that,
03:23but I think it's helped them to become less picky,
03:24and I'm also not wanting to be in the kitchen
03:27any longer than I need to to make a meal,
03:29and just having them try the thing at least.
03:32German or American cuisine?
03:34I'll have to pick German
03:36just because it feels nostalgic to me.
03:38German.
03:38What's your favorite German meal?
03:40It's, ooh.
03:42It's this thing called die Geschnitze.
03:44It's basically just a schnitzel with mushroom sauce on it,
03:49and then I just love having french fries with it.
03:51Or this thing that's very specific to where I'm from.
03:54It's called Frankfurter Grüne Soße,
03:56and it's basically just this creamy sauce
03:58with a bunch of herbs,
03:59and you just have it with steamed potato.
04:02What does a date night with Lucky look like?
04:05Sometimes I cook an elaborate meal
04:07depending on what we're doing.
04:09Sometimes we'll have a good takeout.
04:12Do you style yourself for your TikTok videos?
04:14Yes, I do.
04:15I love throwing on a good dress, as you guys probably know,
04:18but then sometimes if I have a full-on evening gown on,
04:21I'm probably not gonna wear that in real life,
04:23but sometimes I do.
04:24I like surprising Lucky with different outfits,
04:27but I don't always wear really insane dresses to cook.
04:30How do you keep your clothes so clean in the kitchen?
04:33That's a mystery to me.
04:34I don't know.
04:35Every time I'm done cooking, I look down,
04:38and I think that I would see a messed up outfit,
04:41but I don't, so I don't really know how I do it.
04:44I really wish I had an answer because I'm surprised myself
04:48because even when I eat food,
04:49I usually spill because I'm a toddler.
04:51I don't know how they stay clean.
04:52It's a mystery to me.
04:53What is one item that you'd never buy from a store again?
04:57It depends on where I am and what I'm doing.
04:59Right now, I'm really into making ice cream,
05:02so I don't pick up ice cream from the store anymore.
05:04I just make it myself
05:05because I can customize it however I want,
05:07and I'm quite picky with that as well,
05:08so I wanna collaborate
05:10with some of my favorite ice cream places
05:12and bring out flavors,
05:13so let's see whether that's something that you'll see soon.
05:16Which from scratch meal are you the most proud of?
05:19Probably my grilled cheese I made.
05:21I made the bread, the cheese, the pesto, and the butter.
05:23It was the best grilled cheese I've had,
05:25but I haven't made it since.
05:27What's your best advice for first-time chefs in the kitchen?
05:31Invest in a good, sharp knife.
05:33I had the dullest knives for the longest time,
05:36and buying a really good knife block saved my life.
05:39Also, invest in quality pots and pans
05:42because they're gonna last you so much longer
05:44than if you buy cheap ones,
05:46and buy a KitchenAid.
05:49Thanks so much for watching.
05:50Be sure to check out the October issue of Harper's Bazaar.
05:54Bye, guys.
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