Born to Grill

Book excerpt: Hot times are ahead when you play with fire! From Cheryl and Bill Jamison, preeminent grilling and barbecue authorities, come 300 sizzlingly satisfying all-American recipes guaranteed to release the inner griller in every backyard cook. This award-winning cooking team shows you how to create a tremendous variety of terrific grilled food, from hot burgers and haute dogs to serious steaks and sizzling seafood, from fired-up pizzas and crisp vegetables to finger lickin' good deserts. Born to Grill is a celebration of the elemental glories of grilling and the deliciously unpretentious and imaginative flavors that emerge from the primal encounter of food and flame. Recipes include: Pale Ale Porterhouse, Old-Timey Big Un Burger, Crunchy Kraut Dog, Chilehead Pork and Corn Skewers, Stout Country Ribs, Calypso Chicken Breasts, Hot-to-Trot Turkey Legs, Two-Fisted Swordfish Sandwich, Sizzled Shrimp with Lemon Noodles, Vegetables Verde Quesadilla, Honeyed Baby Onions, Georgia Peaches with Praline Crunch, Grilled Banana Split