Ditch the gas grill and light your fire with this comprehensive guide
from the author of The New Camp Cookbook. The Backyard Fire Cookbook
offers techniques and recipes to master cooking with live fire and
coals, including planking, cast iron, foil packets, and more.
There's no denying the thrill of cooking outdoors and the sense of
community it brings when people gather around a fire, and in this book,
author Linda Ly will teach you how to master the flames. For the
adventurous, start by building a home fire pit. It's easier than it
sounds and requires minimal investment of time and space. If you'd
rather not, that's okay! There are plenty of other options, from
vessel fire pits to tabletop grills. Even a charcoal kettle
grill will give you more flavor than cooking with gas. Ly also covers
everything you need to know about fuel sources (hardwood, hardwood lump
charcoal, and smoking wood), her go-to grilling tools and accessories,
secrets for stocking an indoor and outdoor pantry, fire making, fire
safety, and tips and tricks for grilling more efficiently.
You can choose your own adventure with over 70 recipes for ember
roasting, wood-fired cooking, charcoal grilling, and foil pack meals.
Next-level techniques like dutch oven cooking, grilling a la plancha,
and plank grilling are all part of the fun, too. With modern twists on
classics and globally-inspired meals like Smoky Ember-Roasted Eggplant
Dip, Thai Chicken Pizza with Sweet Chili Sauce, Grilled Oysters
with Kimchi Butter, Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf on a Plank, and
Artichoke, Sun-Dried Tomato, and Feta Stuffed Flank Steak, you'll
find a recipe for almost every occasion. This is not a book about
low-and-slow barbecue, and you won't find overnight marinades or
complicated recipes, either. Ly aims to encourage easy, accessible
grilling that you look forward to doing on a weeknight because, quite
simply, food just tastes better outside.
Whether you're a seasoned home cook or a novice on the grill, The
Backyard Fire Cookbook will help you make the backyard your new
kitchen.
