The Big Book of Backyard Cooking: 250 Favorite Recipes for Enjoying the Great Outdoors Review

Posted by Juanita Avenue on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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(More customer reviews)These aren't huge, complex dishes; they're meant to be something you can whip up and serve at a picnic or outdoor barbecue, although of course many of them will work fine on your dining room table, too. Even those dishes meant to be done at a grill can be cooked on your stove for the most part.

Ms. Rosbottom set out to create something a little different in this cookbook of backyard cooking, so it wouldn't be just another cookbook. When looking for certain favorites, like potato salad, she looked for the best potato salad recipe she could find. When looking for traditional dishes such as salads, she looked for variations on traditional recipes that present us with something new and interesting. I have to say she succeeded at this---going back to the potato dishes for a moment, there were recipes in here for simple potato dishes that normally make me shrug, but that I went wild over when done her way. She includes simple relish recipes that transform meat into something extraordinary.

Backyard Cooking is a large book with more than 250 recipes in it. It doesn't have any photographs, but I don't think it needs them---these are pretty simple dishes.

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Food just tastes better under an open sky. In thishandbook to the alfresco life, one of our best-known cooking teachersshows how to please friends, neighbors, and family with hundreds ofdelicious dishes suitable for enjoying the great outdoors -- whetherit's a rooftop garden or a sprawling lawn. With classic fare such asfried chicken and potato salad, grilled favorites like juicy burgers,barbecued ribs, and sweet summer corn, plus fabulous new creationslike Lamb Chops with Roquefort, Figs, and Rosemary and ChocolateToffee Brownie Cake, eating and entertaining outdoors has never beeneasier. Rosbottom includes her favorite marinades and sauces,appetizers to keep the crowds at bay, deliciously fresh salads andstarters, summery desserts, and much more, not to mention great tipsfor making sure grilled meats are done to perfection. Coveringeverything from fine dining under the stars to Sunday picnics by thelake, this latest addition to the big-selling Big Book series isthe perfect guide to taking it outside.