For the past five years, chef and author Samin Nosrat has done something that, for many, can feel impossible. She's kept up a weekly dinner with friends.

At first, she thought people would be too busy for it. But over time, the dinner — held every Monday night for about 10 guests at a friend's house — has become "a grounding, meaningful practice in all of our lives," she says. "At one point, a friend told me that Monday dinner was her church."

Nosrat writes about the magic that holds her weekly dinners together and shares 125 of her all-time favorite dishes in Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love: A Cookbook . Published in September, the book includes big-batch recipes for group meals, like creamy spinach lasagna, slow-cooked salmon and Pane Criminale ,

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