Fire up Your Grills!

With Memorial Day right around the corner, now is a good time to clean off your outdoor grill and start getting ready for those long-awaited barbecues! Here are some cookbooks to help you plan some summer favorites:

Serious Barbecue: Smoke, Char, Baste, and Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking
By Adam Perry Lang
The author trained with the world’s best chefs before giving up four-star kitchens for the thrill of cooking with just meat and fire. He begins by breaking down the fundamentals of barbecue---what tools you’ll need to begin, how to master cooking with charcoal and wood, how to choose the perfect grill, and more. Then he takes readers on a trip through the butcher’s case, describing exactly what makes each kind of meat special, explaining how to select with the skill of a master, and providing his favorite recipes for almost every available cut of pork, beef, veal, lamb, chicken, and turkey.

Weber’s Way to Grill
By Jamie Purviance
Everything a griller wants to know in the most complete grilling technique book ever, complete with more than 1,000 step-by-step photos and 160 delicious recipes:
* Five keys to grilling great steak
*The right way with baby back ribs
* What to do when flare-ups happen
* The way to smoke a turkey
* Five secrets for perfect fish every time
* The way to handle foods that stick
* Working burger magic every time
* Dozens of rubs, sauces, marinades, and more!

Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining
By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison
This is a book that starts at ground zero for cooks who want to grill great meals and put on terrific outdoor parties but don't have a clue how to start charcoal. More than 500 pages are packed with 850 recipes--200 of them for rubs and sauces.

Weeknight Grilling with the BBQ Queens
By Karen Adler and Judith Fertig
With 100 easy, versatile, absolutely delicious recipes for weeknight dinners on the grill, this book is a life-saver for busy cooks looking for delicious, stress-free meals during the week. All the recipes are included on a two-page spread for maximum convenience, the ingredients called for are either readily available in grocery stores or already sitting in the pantry, and most can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
- Lisa s.

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