Some cookbooks teach you how to cook. This one teaches you why it matters. Good Things by Samin Nosrat — 125 soul-nourishing recipes built for connection, comfort, and the people you love most. Cook it. Share it. Feel it.
Some cookbooks teach you how to cook. This one teaches you why it matters.
Good Things by Samin Nosrat, the beloved author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and whom Alice Waters called "America's next great cooking teacher", is 125 meticulously tested recipes wrapped in warmth, memory, and the kind of cooking that makes people feel...
Think sky-high focaccia, saffron-burnished roast chicken, ricotta custard pancakes, a tingly Calabrian chili crisp, and a decades-in-the-making yellow cake with chocolate frosting that tastes like childhood.
But more than the food, it's the feeling. As Samin writes: "A written recipe is just a shimmering decoy for the true inheritance: the thread of connection that cooking it will unspool."
Along the way, discover practical wisdom too. How to choose the right olive oil, when it's worth splurging on premium ingredients, and surprising uses for your pressure cooker.
Whether you need a comforting tomato soup to console a struggling friend, a deeper sense of connection in your everyday life, or a showstopping dinner menu for ten in your too-small dining room, this book has you covered.
📖 NYT Bestseller · Barnes & Noble Gift Book of the Year 2025 🏆 Best Book of the Year, The New Yorker, Bon Appétit, Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine Give it. Cook from it. Keep it forever.
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love (2025 B&N Gift Book of the Year): A Cookbook