One Good Dish

"Former Chez Panisse chef and columnist David Tanis has a gift for sure-footed, pleasurable kitchen moments. One Good Dish is an idiosyncratic volume, with oddball chapters like “A Dab of This and That” (condiments), “Strike While the Iron Is Hot” (seared food) and “Eating With a Spoon” (food in bowls). Yet Tanis’ excitement at a snack of mackerel rillettes on toast or wok-seared strips of lamb is so genuine and so palpable, it’s impossible not to tumble headfirst into sheer gluttony with this beautifully shot, giftable collection."