Samin Nosrat

In Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love, chef Samin Nosrat—the bestselling and James Beard Award–winning author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat—offers more than 125 of her favorite meticulously tested and soul-nourishing recipes that bring joy and a sense of communion. Simply put, these are the things Nosrat most loves to cook for herself and for friends. 

Good Things shares go-to recipes for ricotta custard pancakes, a showstopping roast chicken burnished with saffron, super-chewy sky-high focaccia, and a childhood-evoking yellow cake with chocolate frosting. Nosrat dishes on tips and techniques, from how to buy olive oil, when to splurge, and the best uses for your pressure cooker. 

Called “America’s next great cooking teacher” by Alice Waters, Nosrat is an Eat columnist for The New York Times Magazine and can be found eating, cooking, and laughing in the Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat documentary series on Netflix.