Changing the dinner game

Like Joy of Cooking and How to Cook Everything, Dinner is poised to become this generation's classic. Star New York Times food writer Melissa Clark brings more than 250 never-before-published recipes to a beautifully photographed book that can turn anyone into a more confident cook. Melissa's specialty is creating accessible, inventive, and delicious recipes with subtle twists-a pinch of horseradish, a stir of charred lemon, a dollop of chile paste. The results are simple but spectacular: sheetpan chicken laced with spicy harissa; burgers amped with chorizo; and curried lentils with poached eggs, to name just a few. With Melissa's inspired, of-the-moment approach to cooking, there's nothing routine about Dinner. Color photos.

Dinner reimagined

• Roasted Branzino with Grapefruit and Rustic Olive-Caper Tapenade
• Jalapeño-Honey Steak with Cilantro and Lime
• Maple Roasted Tofu with Winter Squash
• Blood Orange Chicken with Scotch Whiskey and Olives
• Curried Lentils with Poached Eggs and Garlicky Yogurt

Review Quotes

"Melissa Clark will take your tired dinner repertoire, shake it out, and give it a transfusion of enthusiasm, flavor, and whip-smart efficiency. In Dinner, she takes the timeless task of cooking pleasing yet inspiring dinners and waves away the challenge. Dinner won't get Melissa-or you-down. She had me dreaming of kofte and kimchi pork chops, coconut rice noodles and green aioli chicken salad."-Amanda Hesser

"Brilliant, vibrant, doable ideas that will change the way you think about dinner. You'll cook out of this book for years. Empowering."-Diana Henry

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