The Backyard Fire Cookbook.
The Backyard Fire Cookbook.
As the companion title to the bestselling The New Camp Cookbook, The Backyard Fire Cookbook brings the thrill of cooking outside over an open flame closer to home: right in the comfort of your backyard, side yard, patio, or wherever you can carve out a little space for a fire.
First, this is what the book is not: It is not a book about low-and-slow barbecue, and you won’t find overnight marinades or complicated recipes, either. It’s not the type of BBQ book that’s full of hunks of meat on spits, gobs of sauce, endless rubs, or “secret recipes.”
About the book.
What the book is, is a modern-day cookbook that encourages easy, accessible grilling that you look forward to doing on a weeknight because, well, food just tastes better outside. It’s how the rest of us grill, and it’s for people who enjoy sharing hot meals with great company around a warm fire.
You’ll learn—and master—basic to advanced grilling techniques including ember roasting, charcoal grilling, plank grilling, cooking in foil packets, and cooking with cast iron. You’ll get inspired to assemble your own outdoor kitchen without spending a ton of money, and find new ways of sparking a flame anytime anyone asks, “What’s for dinner?”
For adventurous cooks who love the drama that fire adds to a meal, let The Backyard Fire Cookbook be your guide to the pleasures of eating and cooking outside under the open sky.
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This is the nicest book I’ve bought in years!
It’s superbly organized, so easy to grab up and get answers. The photos make your mouth water, and the recipes are really good, and there are lots of them (3/4 of the book)!
It explains how to cook with ultimate control over an easy-build fire pit or using your metal covered grill with hardwood charcoal. It explains the stages of fire building, controlling the burn at each stage, how to use cast iron, skewers, foil, or cedar planks, also arranging coals to create zones to cook with different temps and materials simultaneously. It explains how to safely use your hands to estimate the temp of your coals. It has a chart for meat temps according to Rare or Well Done. It explains the different types of cooking oils and how they react to heat and flavor the food, especially when charring or blistering veggies. There’s a chart of commonly used woods for different meats based upon Mild to Intense flavoring. There’s a section on knowing your cooking woods and using herbs and spices to transfer aromatics to your food. There’s a great couple of pages on knowing when the food is done.
And this is all done in 30 pages with great photos. The rest of the book is beautifully explained, photo’d, and organized recipes that have NORMAL INGREDIENTS that taste like backyard-feast food! Y’all get this book and go for it!
—Pod
What’s inside.
Every one of my books is packed with helpful resources (such as recommended tools, brands, and kitchen techniques), useful tips and ingredient substitutions, and beautiful photos of what your dish will actually look like when you make it. Here’s what else you can find inside.
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