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Nara Smith Launched A Roasted Garlic Oil With Algae Cooking Club

Popular social media influencer and model Nara Smith, who is known for her extravagant homemade meals cooked in the most fashionable outfits and narrating her videos in whispers comparable to ASMR, collaborated with Algae Cooking Club to create her first culinary product, a roasted garlic cooking oil. It’s a seasoning oil that blends her high-end aesthetics with flavor, ease, and style.

Algae Cooking Club is a community that creates cooking oils that elevate flavor while also reducing the environmental toll of industrial farming. This oil represents Algae Cooking Club’s mission to bring sustainable yet functional products into the homes of those who love to cook. Fusing Smith’s personal touch and uniqueness, this product seems as though it was made right out of her kitchen. It allows fans to get a taste of one of her favourite flavours right in the comfort of their own home.

Wait. Nara Smith has a garlic oil collab?

In an Instagram post announcing the collab, Smith noted how she simply can’t stand garlic fingers, and those of you who cook know all too well how cooking with garlic can leave a nasty smell. In this video, Smith talked about how she crafted only the best for her fans, noting how she used farmers’ market garlic, yuzu flown in from Japan, small batch miso, charred scallions steeped like tea in the purest, cleanest, neutral oil she can find. Those are only some of the ingredients and lengths she’s gone to create something she knows we’ll all love. 

Tell me more about this garlic oil!

Smith, who has over 12 million followers on TikTok, has collaborated with other brands in the past. She has worked with brands ranging from Erewhon to Reformation. However, this collaboration showcases not only one of her favorite flavors but also introduces her first at-home cooking product.

This roasted garlic oil is made with culinary algae oil, roasted garlic, miso powder, scallions, garlic extract, yuzu extract, vitamin E, and soy. “The flavor is rich and warm with roasted garlic at its core. The savory taste of white miso is added with a touch of brightness from yuzu and scallion.” Smith told Food & Wine. Smith also explains the ease of this product in a statement on the Algae Cooking Club website: “I love garlic, but I hate smelly garlic fingers. My roasted garlic oil takes the drama out of cooking.” 

Where can I buy the Nara Smith garlic oil?

Whether you’re looking for a method to elevate your meals or something of quality and flavor to gift this upcoming holiday season, Nara Smith’s roasted garlic oil is a product that can make even the simplest meal feel gourmet. You can purchase it on the Algae Cooking Club website. So don’t hesitate to try it out because your kitchen (and probably your taste buds) will thank you later.

Hayatt Usman is a member of the Spoon University National Writer Program, where she covers food trends, news, and stories that highlight the role food plays in shaping community and culture.

Outside of Spoon University, Hayatt is in her senior year of University at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, pursuing a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies with a concentration in Digital Media and a minor in Women and Gender Studies. Hayatt writes for her university's Her Campus chapter covering lifestyle, beauty, and wellness, and is a part of their social media marketing team, where she contributes to the chapter's Pinterest.

Previously, she worked as a Behaviour and Communications counsellor in the Waterloo region, delivering communications programs to incarcerated women through Correctional Service Canada, helping foster self-advocacy and empowerment. Currently, she is completing a Beats by Dre externship in Data Analytics, where she is building new skills in digital marketing and performance metrics to better understand audience behavior and strategic content development.

In her free time, Hayatt enjoys discovering new music to listen to, working out at the gym, and going for runs. She's also an avid manga reader who loves getting lost in immersive stories and exploring different art styles.