"Dinner is an expertly useful tool for the home cook. Melissa Clark has stripped away fussiness and pretension and replaced it with sensibility and flavor. This is food that you will absolutely crave! --Michael Solomonov "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 About the Author Melissa Clark is a staff writer for the New York Times, where she writes the Food section's popular column, "A Good Appetite" and stars in a weekly complementary video series. The recipient of both IACP and James Beard awards, Clark appears frequently on "Today" and on public radio. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.