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Let the Flames Begin: Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Real Live Fire Cooking

Chris Schlesinger, John Willoughby
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Edition: 2002
10
Recipes
10
Recipe reviews
3.7
Avg recipe rating
4.0
Avg book rating

This 2002 live fire cooking guide by Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby contains 10 indexed recipes with an average rating of 3.7 out of 5 from member reviews. The most popular recipes include Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Ice Cream and Fresh Strawberry Sauce, Slaw "a la playa" with Avocados, Hearts of Palm, and Orange-Cumin Dressing, and Pasta with Grilled Portobellos, Fire-Roasted Peppers

Cookbook Reviews

⭐ 4/5
14 years ago

This is an excellent book for someone grilling with charcoal. An introduction gives detailed information on igniting, banking, and manipulating the coals, and each recipe also tells you how to lay out your coals for that specific food. But not as useful for the gas grill user (like me).

The book is divided into Appetizers, Main Courses (with sections on beef, port, lamb and veal, seafood, poultry, and pasta), Side dishes, Flavor spikes (e.g. chutneys, Catsups, Spice rubs), and Desserts and Drinks.

I have tested recipes from most sections of this book. Each recipe is well developed (including some with complicated sauces), the flavors are diverse, and I really enjoyed almost everything I tried. The instructions were detailed and clear. This would be an especially good book for someone who likes to entertain at their grill.

If I were using charcoal (instead of my old gas grill), I would buy a copy of this cookbook. We particularly enjoyed recipes with fresh figs and the salmon.

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