Good things

Good things

Samin Nosrat

Book - 2025

"Samin Nosrat has always had a complicated relationship with recipes. How, she wondered, can a recipe be anything more than a snapshot-an attempt to define the undefinable? How can ever it capture the feeling of experiencing something in person? In Good Things, she makes peace with this paradox, offering more than 125 of her favorite recipes-simply put, the things she most loves to cook for herself and for friends-and infusing them with all the beauty and care you would expect from Samin Nosrat. As she says, "Once I hand them off to you, they are no longer mine. They're yours, to do with as you please. And maybe, in the act of receiving, a little thread of connection will be woven between me and each of you." Good Things... is an essential, joyful guide to cooking and living, whether you're looking for a comforting, creamy tomato soup to console a struggling friend, seeking a deeper sense of connection in your life, or hosting a dinner for ten in your too-small dining room. Here you'll find go-to recipes for ricotta custard pancakes, chicken braised with apricots and harissa, a crunch, tingly Calabrian chili crisp, super-chewy sky-high focaccia, and a decades-in-the-making, childhood-evoking yellow cake. Along the way, you'll also find plenty of tips, techniques, and lessons from the person Alice Waters called "America's next great cooking teacher," from how to buy olive oil (check the harvest date) to when to splurge (salad dressing is where you want to use your best ingredients) to the one acceptable substitute for Parmigiano Reggiano (Grana Padano, if you must)"--

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Subjects
Cooking.
Dinners and dining > Psychological aspects.
Self-realization.
Réalisation de soi.
cookbooks.
Cookbooks.
Livres de cuisine.
Genres
cookbooks
Cookbooks
Livres de cuisine
Published
New York, NY : Random House [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Samin Nosrat (author)
Other Authors
Aya Brackett (photographer)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
464 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN
9781984857781
  • Good things come in small packages : condiments, components, and toppings
  • Good things to welcome and refresh : small gestures of hospitality
  • Good things come in threes : seven versatile deressings (and three ways to each one)
  • Good things to keep up your sleeve : making the most of pantry staples
  • Good things come to those who wait : seasonal produce
  • Finger licking good things : chicken, chicken, and more chicken
  • Good things are better with others : recipes to cook and eat in community
  • Good things take time : yeasted breads and waffles
  • All good things must come to an end : a sweet note.
Review by Booklist Review

The long-awaited follow-up to Nosrat's James Beard Award--winning Salt Fat Acid Heat (2017) is a collection of essential recipes and kitchen wisdom that celebrates the art of cooking as an opportunity for connection and community. For Nosrat, cooking is about sharing time and attention with the people in our lives--and paying attention to details that take foods from simple to sublime: a succulent, slow-cooked salmon; a bowl of perfectly seasoned popcorn; a slice of yellow cake with chocolate frosting that is exactly what you remember from childhood. It's about looking in your pantry for basic ingredients to make satisfying meals, and having an array of incredibly flavorful condiments, toppings, and dressings to add variety. Many of the recipes are traditionally written, with meticulous measurements and techniques, but just as often, Nosrat steps away from the expected recipe format and acts as a joyful guide, most notably in a large section dedicated to seasonal produce, where each fruit or vegetable is treated to its own shopping tips, suggested cooking methods, and endlessly creative variations and flavor combinations. Adventurous home cooks will appreciate the firm foundation of knowledge that ultimately offers the freedom and confidence to experiment and create special foods to share.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: SFAH and its resulting Netflix series made Nosrat a bona fide celebrity, and this cookbook has been promised for years. Order up!

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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