Grilling or New Great American Writers Cookbook

Grilling: Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Grills

Author: Louise Pickford

For many of us, grilling outdoors has become our favorite way to cook, not only for the flavor of the food, but also because it's a very enjoyable way to entertain. Here, Sydney-based author Louise Pickford provides a delicious selection of easy recipes to help you make the most of your barbecue. Start with Little Dishes to whet the appetite before the big grill -- recipes like Fig, Goat Cheese, and Prosciutto Skewers, and Pepper 'n' Spice Chicken. Every outdoor eating experience needs good Salads & Sides -- and Louise provides great ideas such as Zucchini, Feta, and Mint Salad, Garlic Bread Skewers, and Grilled Corn on the Cob. Fish and Seafood are perfect for the barbecue, try Hot-Smoked Creole Salmon or Salt-Crusted Shrimp. Meat and Poultry are traditional grilling fare and Louise has come up with the best -- Delmonico Steak with Anchovy Butter, Smoky Spareribs and, everyone's favorite, the perfect Top Dog. The barbecue is good for Sweet Things, too -- try Grilled Figs with Almond Mascarpone Cream, Grilled Fruit Packages, and the campfire favorite, S'mores.

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New Great American Writers Cookbook

Author: Julia Reed

Published in 1981, The Great American Writers Cookbook was a treasure trove of recipes submitted by the country's most celebrated authors. This all-new collection features recipes that range from peanut butter sandwiches to eggplant caviar, with dishes and anecdotes offered by writers of every imaginable stripe, ethnicity, region, and culture in America.

Contemporary novelists such as National Book Award winners Jonathan Franzen and the late, great Bernard Malamud share space with columnists Dave Barry, P. J. O'Rourke, and Christopher Buckley, with journalists and novelists Andrei Codrescu and Anna Quindlen, with journalist John Berendt, and with poet and novelist Sandra Cisneros. The interspersing of recipes from older and younger generations reveals cookery as creatively diverse as the writings from David Guterson, T. C. Boyle, Elizabeth McCracken, and former First Lady Barbara Bush.

This unusually tangy assortment of more than 150 recipes runs the gamut from tofu to heart-clogging chili. Writers play fast and loose with ingredients and forewarn readers planning to try them that some of the most seductive recipes are loaded with cholestrol. With such temptations as "Thighs of Delight," Crevettes Desir," a "sexy spaghetti sauce," and a lemon icebox pie that allegedly elicits proposals of marriage, the recipes and stories revealing their origins are enticing, bizarre, and promisingly tasty.

The collection gives particular emphasis to contemporary southern writers - Padgett Powell, Jack Butler, Larry Brown, Ellen Gilchrist, Josephine Humphreys, and others - although their recipes are often far from being quintessentially "Southern."

Library Journal

Descriptions of food in literature and writers sharing their favorite recipes serve as the foundation for two different yet equally entertaining cookbooks. In their quirky The Booklover's Cookbook, chefs Wenger and Jensen preface more than 170 recipes with excerpts that mention that particular food. Both the recipes and the novels/nonfiction works from which they are taken vary from classic (Mr. Casaubon's Chicken Noodle Soup from George Eliot's Middlemarch) to contemporary (Thanksgiving Spinach Casserole from Elizabeth Berg's Open House). Short quotes from authors on writing or books are also deftly sprinkled among the recipes. Readers with an interest in cooking will find plenty to amuse and tempt them in this terrific book, which gracefully combines literary descriptions with culinary delights. The editor of several books (including the 1981 first edition of this one), Wells collects more than 150 new recipes from a diverse selection of contemporary writers, journalists, and poets, running the gamut from drinks to desserts. Those authors who include a paragraph or short essay about their selection succeed in beautifully reflecting their style. From Ellen Gilchrist's advice on giving a dinner party to Kate Lehrer's Devil's Food Cake, these supplementary bits of text, along with pithy quotes from writers who declined to contribute, add just the right dash of wit and humor to a truly enjoyable cookbook. Both titles are recommended for public libraries, especially those with patrons who have an interest in literature or the culinary arts.-John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., AZ Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.