Böcker av 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.

From David Tanis, author of A Platter of Figs, new recipes and menus for cooking that enriches the experience in the kitchen and at table. Tanis' recipes are down-to-earth yet sophisticated, simple to prepare but impressive on the plate. HEART OF THE ARTICHOKE contains twenty of his best menus, five per season. In this soulful, fun-to-read cookbook, he also reveals his own private food rituals, those treats for when you are on your own in the kitchen with no one else to satisfy. And for grand occasions, Tanis delivers with festive menus for holiday feasts.

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.