It's so hot in Iowa City right now, that just thinking about cooking dinner makes me sweat. I'd much rather fire up the grill and leave all the heat out doors. The problem is, I'm not the most imaginative cook, and even grilled meat gets old when it all tastes the same. The ICPL Cookbook Collection can help with that! Right now there is a display in the center of the 2nd floor of grilling, smoking, and bbqing books, including the ones listed below.
Serial griller : grillmaster secrets for flame-cooked perfection
Matt (Matt R.) Moore
641.5784 /Moore
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Moore can't help it: if there's food and flame, he'll grill it. Here he shares his indiscriminate appetite for smoky perfection with a broad collection of recipes varied in method, technique, and cuisine. After a review of the basics, he takes the reader on a tour across America to round up authentic stories, coveted recipes, and indispensable tips from grill masters of the South and beyond. Moore offers his own tried-and-true grilling recipes for every part of the meal, from starters and salads to handhelds and big plates to desserts.
Project fire : cutting-edge techniques and sizzling recipes from the caveman porterhouse to salt slab brownie s'mores
Steven Raichlen
641.5784 /Raichlen
Cookbooks, Nonfiction
Cutting-edge techniques meet time-honored traditions in 100 boldly flavored recipes that will help you turbocharge your game at the grill. Here's how to reinvent steak with reverse-seared beef tomahawks, dry-brined filet mignons, ember-charred porterhouses, and T-bones tattooed with grill marks and enriched, the way the pros do it, with melted beef fat. Here's how to spit-roast beef-brined cauliflower on the rotisserie. Blowtorch a rosemary veal chop. Grill mussels in blazing hay, peppery chicken under a salt brick, and herb-crusted salmon steaks on a shovel. From Seven Steps to Grilling Nirvana to recipes for grilled cocktails and desserts, Project Fire proves that live fire, and understanding how to master it, makes everything taste better.
Black smoke : African Americans and the United States of barbecue
Adrian Miller
641.5784 /Miller
Cookbooks, Nonfiction
Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating it; they're also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller--admitted 'cuehead and longtime certified barbecue judge--that in today's barbecue culture African Americans don't get much love? In Black Smoke, Miller chronicles how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restaurateurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today
The South's best butts : pitmaster secrets for Southern barbecue perfection
Matt (Matt R.) Moore
641.5784 /Moore
Cookbooks, Nonfiction
Presents a look into the kitchens and smokehouses of the South's most revered pitmasters, exploring how the marriage of meat, cooking method, and sauce varies from place to place based on history and culture, climate, available ingredients, and wood.
Thank you for smoking : fun and fearless recipes cooked with a whiff of wood fire on your grill or smoker
Paula Disbrowe
641.5784 /Disbrowe
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Featuring an impressive array of smoke-infused recipes that extend well beyond the realm of rib joints, Thank You for Smoking shows home cooks how easy it is to rig a gas or charcoal grill or use a backyard smoker to infuse everything you love to eat--from veggies and greens to meat and fish--with a smoky nuance
How to grill everything : simple recipes for great flame-cooked food
Mark Bittman
641.5784 /Bittman
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Here's how to grill absolutely everything-- from the perfect steak to cedar-plank salmon to pizza-- explained in Bittman's straightforward style.With practical advice on all the grilling basics, this book is an exploration of the grill's nearly endless possibilities. Discover just how simple-- and versatile-- grilling can be.
Michael Symon's playing with fire : BBQ and more from the grill, smoker, and fireplace
Michael Symon
641.5784 /Symon
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
In preparing to open his barbecue restaurant, Michael Symon enthusiastically sampled smoked meat from across America. The 150 finger-licking, lip-smacking recipes here draw inspiration from his favourites. Michael offers expert guidance on working with different styles of grills and smokers, choosing aromatic woods for smoking, cooking various cuts of meat, and successfully pairing proteins with rubs, sauces, and sides. Print run 125,000.
Food52 any night grilling : 60 ways to fire up dinner (and more)
Paula Disbrowe
641.5784 /Food
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Disbrowe coaches readers through cooking over fire, so that the simple pleasures of a grilled meal can be enjoyed any night of the week. She eschews long marinades and low-and-slow cook times, allowing you to go beyond burgers-and-brats on a busy night. You'll also learn how to char fruits and vegetables, and cook foods for future meals.
Grill Skills: Professional tips for the perfect barbeque
641.5784 /Grill
Cookbooks, Nonfiction
Would you like to be more confident in your grilling skills? Or do you consider yourself king or queen of the grill? Either way, this is the book for you. In Grill Skills, professionals generously offer their very best tips, advice, and recipes. In these colorful, lighthearted, and photo-rich pages, you'll find how to whip up the perfect barbeque sauce; every recipe you need, and menus, for creatively tweaked traditional barbeque meals with all the proper sides; how to create glorious barbeque buffets for all ages and tastes; ways to conjure up the magic of grilled desserts; expert advice on wines to go with your grilled meals; imaginative decoration instructions to add ambience around the grill; and music playlists for every get-together. This is the book where Tex-Mex meets the islands, the Mediterranean meets Sweden, and the tropics meet urban balconies--an indispensable grill book for all tastes.
Guy on fire : 130 recipes for adventures in outdoor cooking
Guy Fieri
641.5784 /Fieri
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Food Network superstar, celebrity chef, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Guy Fieri takes cooking outdoors with this smart, practical, four-color cookbook filled with dozens of recipes for meals, drinks, holidays, bashes, and more.
Weber's greatest hits
Jamie Purviance
641.5784 /Purviance
Nonfiction, Cookbooks
Collects over one hundred barbecue recipes from the grilling company, including such offerings as grilled oysters, Korean beef barbecue, jerk-spiced ribs, and Greek seafood salad.