Dinnertime

150 ingenious recipes that make suppertime a snap every night, from New York Times recipe columnist Ali Slagle

Dinnertime is the ultimate road map to dinner. With time-pressed cooks, limited ingredients, and maximum joy in mind, Ali's practical and creative recipes are for anyone who's ever stared down that lonely head of romaine in their fridge wondering how to make tonight's dinner different from the night before. Like she does with her popular New York Times recipes, Ali combines readily available, inexpensive vegetables and proteins with diverse pantry staples to create short, to-the-point recipes-most use fewer than eight ingredients, all are ready to eat in less than forty-five minutes and are made with the fewest pans possible, and half the recipes are plant-based. That might be Olive Oil-Braised Chickpeas tonight, a bowl of Hot Sauced-Shrimp tomorrow, and Farro Carbonara forever and ever.

Divided by essential ingredients and approaches, chapters include quick tricks for flexibility so that dinner bends to your life, not the other way around. Ali, a home cook turned recipe developer, guides with a reassuring calm, puckish curiosity, and a desire for everyone, everywhere, to make great food, and fast. Whether in need of calm and comfort, fire and fun, or divine inspiration on yet another Wednesday, Dinnertime will leave hungry, hurried readers completely satisfied. Ali Slagle is a recipe developer, stylist, and, most of all-home cook. She's a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Washington Post, where she's published hundreds of low-investment, high-reward recipes. Previously, she cut her teeth on the editorial and creative teams at Food52 and Ten Speed Press. You'll find her in Brooklyn, without a dishwasher, food processor, or stand mixer.