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Bobby Flay's Boy Gets Grill: 125 Reasons to Light Your Fire!

by Bobby Flay with Julia Moskin

The connection between Flay and fire began when, as a kid growing up in New York City, Bobby learned to grill during rips to the Jersey Shore. As a young chef starting out, he always wanted to work the grill station, and when he opened his first restaurant in 1991, he called it Mesa Grill. The word grill was firmly hooked to his name, And then, the Food Network called.

Like his highly rated prime-time grilling show, Boy Gets Grill is set on a rooftop in Queens overlooking the Manhattan skyline and celebrates the explosive flacors of his hometown's diverse neighborhoods. This is Bobby Flay's New York, and everywhere he goes, there is great grilling: from Chinatown to Astoria, Queens (Greek good); Arthur Avenure in the Bronx (for old-style Italian); and lower Lexington Avenue (better known as Curry Hill, for Indian); and the flavors go on and on.

The grill is no longer for the weekends only. The recipes in Boy Gets Grill are the quickest and easiest that Bobby has ever created, making the grill a perfect vehicle for busy weeknight meals.

Scribner, 0-7432-5481-3, $30.00
Chicken on the Grill: 100 Surefire Ways to Grill Perfect Chicken Every Time

by Cheryl and Bill Jamison

With more than 50 color photographs throughout, Chicken on the Grill is as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the table. The 100-plus recipes include everything from classic Grill-Roasted Chicken and Grilled Chicken Caesar on a Skewer to exotic dishes like Tequila-Lime Chicken Tacos with Charred Limes and Curried Chicken Roti. There are 50 inspiring ideas for boneless, skinless breasts, plus recipes for wings, sandwiches, and satays. Since man can't really live by chicken alone, there are recipes for sides and sweets such as Rockin' Guac, Grilled Asparagus with Orange Zest, and Frozen Margarita Pie.

Morrow, 0-06-053485-0, $24.95
The Little Black Book of Barbecue: The Essential Guide to Grilling, Smoking, and BBQ

by Mike Heneberry

This little black book tells you know how to smoke 'em, grill 'em, and BBQ 'em. Includes recipes for burgers, steaks, pork, chicken, and seafood — and the vegetables, sides, and spice rubs that will make you a legendary chef. All you need to know to become King of the Grill and of your own backyard!

Peter Pauper Press, 0-88088-489-4, $9.95
High Heat: Grilling and Roasting Year-Round with Master Chef Waldy Malouf - Featuring 125 Recipes

by Waldy Malouf and Melissa Clark

Powerhouse chef Waldy Malouf of Beacon Restaurant in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, likes to play with fire. Roasting and grilling have become his signature, and High Heat heralds the arrival of this brilliant approach for home cooks. Featuring 125 savory recipes adaptable for both open-flame grilling and hot-oven cooking, High Heat is the first cookbook to offer home cooks this kind of flexibility. In fact, most of the recipes, which are fast and easy to follow, include simple variations for both kinds of cooking so that you can enjoy your favorite flavors whatever the weather or time of year. Both oven roasting and open-flame grilling rely on high heat to bring out the most delicious and fundamental flavors of any food — caramelizing the natural sugars and turning the foods golden brown.

Broadway Books, 0-7679-1070-2, $30.00
Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue: BBQ Your Way to Greatness with 575 Lip-Smackin' Recipes from the Baron of Barbecue

by Paul Kirk

Cook your way to barbecue glory right in your own backyard with a mentor, master teacher, and true practitioner of the art, Baron of Barbecue Paul Kirk!

The Harvard Common Press, 1-55832-242-6, $18.95
Barbecue Biscuits & Beans: Chuck Wagon Cooking

by Bill Cauble and Cliff Teinert

Whether donning denim or black tie, chuck wagon cooking champions Bill Cauble and Clifford Teinert whip up menus to please cowboys, city slickers, VIPs — and family. True to heritage of the Old West, Cauble and Teinert capture and preserve the culture of the cowboy and the rustic romance of the great American cattle drive in Barbecue Biscuits & Beans. Recipes for every occasion from casual cookouts, to family celebrations, to black tie dinners include basic barbecue, whole rib eye, ranch beans, fresh summer vegetables, fragrant sourdough biscuits, savory sauces, fruit cobblers, and the best bread puddings. The easy-to-follow recipes are accompanied by tips, tales and tidbits from two of the foremost authorities on cooking with live coals.

Bright Sky Press, 1-931721-40-8, $19.95
Sublime Smoke: Bold New Flavors Inspired by the Old Art of Barbecue

by Cheryl and Bill Jamison

For everyone who savors husky resonance and deep flavors of wood-smoked barbecue, Sublime Smoke features more than 200 recipes that amptly demonstrate how creative and delicious smoke cooking can be. Cheryl and Bill Jamison are the pioneers of teaching home cooks how to prepare traditional American barbecue. In Sublime Smoke, the Jamisons expand the craft and refine the art of celebrating a world of ethnic and global influences and highlighting foods not typical of barbecue, such as chicken, fish, seafood, and vegetables. Sublime Smoke reveals both the versatility and the unbeatable goodness of smoke cooking.

The Harvard Common Press, 1-55832-292-2, $16.95
The Best Recipe Grilling & Barbecue

by the Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine

Can you make really good pulled pork at home? Which cut of meat makes the best beef kebabs? How do you keep lean pork tenderloin from tasting like sawdust? What is the secret to great-tasting burgers? Is it possible to make barbecued chicken that isn't dry?

In an exhaustive effort to answer these questions, the staff of Cook's Illustrated magazine lit more than 5,000 charcoal fires to test different grilling and barbecue techniques for The Best Recipe: Grilling and Barbecue.

The Best Recipe: Grilling and Barbecue also contains 300 illustrations that show you how to cut up a chicken, slice a T-bone steak, and remove the pinbones from a salmon fillet. No-nonsense equipment ratings and taste tests of supermarket foods are also included. Find out which commercial barbecue sauce received our highest rating, whether or not a fish basket really works, and what's the best tool for lighting a charcoal fire. You'll also learn which cuts of meat work best in different recipes, how to quickly brine foods to keep them moist over intense grill heat, and how to make the most of a gas grill. (All recipes include both charcoal and gas grill variations.)

Boston Common Press, 0-936184-51-5, $29.95
Barbecue! Bible Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades: Bastes, Butters, & Glazes

by Steven Raichlen

Transform meats and seafood into world-class barbecue with the flavor foundations, wet and dry, that give grilled food its character, personality, and soul. Chili-fired rubs, lemony marinades, buttery bastes, and pack-a-wallop sauces, mops, slathers, sambas, and chutneys — in over 200 recipes from around the globe, master griller Steven Raichlen shows how to add the expert touch to every dish in your repertoire, from a simple steak to an exotic kebab. Includes a short refresher course in grilling and a step-by-step guide to building a signature barbecue sauce.

Workman Publishing, 0-7611-1979-5, $12.95
Grill Pan Cooking: 30 Simple Recipes Using Stove-Top Grill Pans

by Elsa Petersen-Schepelern

Wouldn't it be great to cook the kind of lean, Smokey, chatinged foods you associate with barbecue on your own stove top? With a grill pan and this book, you can. Grill Pan Cooking brings over 30 recipes for simple-to-use pans.

Ryland, Peters & Small, 1-84172-157-3, $12.95
J.R.'s Cookbook: True Ringside Tales, BBQ and Down Home Recipes

by Jim "J.R" Ross

I have the great good fortune to do a job that I love. i get to sit ringside, see the finestin sports entertainment at the best venues in the wrold, and be the "voice" for World Wrestling Entertainment. And best of all, they pay me for the privilege. However, when the lights go out and the show is over, that's when it turns into adventures in dining.

Here are some of my favorite recipes. Recipes that are tried-and-true Oklahoma cooking. Many have been in my family for years. Since I can't have all of you over to my place, I've included some of my lovely wife Jan's own recipes. Not to be outdone, there are barbecue recipes that I have perfected. And, with a good meal, you have to have a good story, so here's just some of the many stories that I haven't had a chance to share with you before, going back to my early days in the business.

Pocket Books, 0-7434-8310-3, $16.00
Griddle, Sizzle and Sear

by Jenni Fleetwood

A collection of chargrilled recipes that can be cooked on a barbecue, but can also be beautifully pesented without having to light a fire. Taking ingredients and inspiration from cuisines that have always enjoyed cooking outside, the recipes include some wonderfully mouthwatering sauces and accompaniments. Meat and fish cook beautifully on the griddle, and can be simply seasoned and sizzled, but this book also includes dishes with wonderfully piquant marinades, and richly flavored sauces. There are also some lovely griddled desserts including summer fruits, and vegetarian dishes using imaginative and vibrant ingredients.

Little Brown and Company, 0-7548-1378-9, $12.99