Clark, who divides her days between recipe testing and writing, has published trend stories, guides, countless articles, videos and 44 cookbooks, with a new one coming soon.

Melissa Clark, “Dinner in One” 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 21. Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. 678-812-4000, atlantajcc.org . $15 for members; $20 for nonmembers.

Now that we have dessert (or our 3 p.m. snack) sorted, let’s talk dinner. If you have shrimp in the freezer and gnocchi in your pantry, you’ve already got 25 percent of what you need for ...

NEW MARLBOROUGH — When Melissa Clark was in college, she made Madhur Jaffrey’s Tandoori Chicken recipe over and over again. The recipe, first published in 1973, taught Clark to slash chicken to the ...