Books by David Tanis

Sections on universal ingredients - such as garlic, onion, and shallots - offer some of the simplest yet most satisfying recipes in the world. Consider the onion in these three marvelous incarnations: Lebanese Caramelized Onions, American Buttermilk Fried Onion Rings, and French Onion and Bacon Tart.

In this, his first non-menu cookbook, the New York Times food columnist offers 100 utterly delicious recipes that epitomize comfort food, Tanis-style. Individually or in combination, they make perfect little meals that are elemental and accessible, yet totally surprisingand there's something to learn on every page. Among the chapter titles there's ';Bread Makes a Meal,' which includes such alluring recipes as a ham and Gruyere bread pudding, spaghetti and bread crumbs, breaded eggplant cutlets, and David's version of egg-in-a-hole. A chapter called ';My Kind of Snack' includes quail eggs with flavored salt; speckled sushi rice with toasted nori; polenta pizza with crumbled sage; raw beet tartare; and mackerel rillettes. The recipes in ';Vegetables to Envy' range from a South Indian dish of cabbage with black mustard seeds to French grandmotherstyle vegetables. ';Strike While the Iron Is Hot' is all about searing and quick cooking in a cast-iron skillet. Another chapter highlights dishes you can eat from a bowl with a spoon. And so it goes, with one irrepressible chapter after another, one perfect food moment after another: this is a book with recipes to crave.