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Summary: I think this book is excellent.
Review: If you're tired of plain old BBQ or standard grilling techniques, give this book a try. This is a book for adventuresome people who love spices & sparkling flavors. It's full of great recipes, most of them low fat, which combine common ingredients into some wonderfull flavor combinations. Many of the recipes are easy to prepare and the ingredients can be found in standard supermarkets. Hope you enjoy it - have fun cooking.
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Summary: I think this book is excellent.
Review: If you're tired of plain old BBQ or standard grilling techniques, give this book a try. This is a book for adventuresome people who love spices & sparkling flavors. It's full of great recipes, most of them low fat, which combine common ingredients into some wonderfull flavor combinations. Many of the recipes are easy to prepare and the ingredients can be found in standard supermarkets. Hope you enjoy it - have fun cooking.
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Summary: A Big Disappointment
Review: In a recent article in Business Week, The Thrill of the Grill was referred to as the bible for those who enjoy backyard cooking. After reading it I was very disappointed with it's contents. If you are looking for simplicity in cooking don't bother with this book. The recipes use exotic ingrediantes and take considerable time to prepare. The cooking istructions are also confusing and unclear. For example, instructions for cooking Grilled Rum-Soaked Shrimp With Mango-Lime Relish starts with peeling the shrimp and making a 1/4 inch- deep incision on the top of each shrimp... Instruction #4 calls for placing the shrimp on the grill for 3 to 4 minutes on each side, until the shells turn bright red. I admit my cooking education is limited, but how can the shells turn bright red if I have peeled the shrimp and they don't have any shells? Am I supposed to retain the shells and place them on the grill next to the shrimp? If the reader of this review continues to want this book, I would suggest that you visit your local bookstore first to peruse this biblical work before buying.
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Summary: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner! It's all here!
Review: Lots of great recipes for beginners like me. The Grilled Pineapple is SO easy and SO good...not to mention the grilled chicken thigh quesadilla. Throw away every other cookbook...
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Summary: One of the best cookbooks I own
Review: My copy of Thrill of the Grill is dog-eared and stained from years of use, indoors and outdoors. I have given this book as a gift many times and everyone is always extremely delighted with the results from Chris Schlesinger's recipes. I can think of no other cookbook author where I have thought - "boy, someday when I am in Boston I am going to this guy's restaurant!" The book is well written and very informative on grilling techniques and preparation.
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Summary: Love it, love it, love it
Review: The negative reviews of this book seem to fall into two categories: those who were expecting a book on barbecue and those who quibble with minor errors in the text. Admittedly, this book is not the bbq bible it has been hailed by some to be. Its main focus is on GRILLING. If you want a barbecue book (slow cooking with smoke), get something else. If you want fabulous grilled food with interesting and different flavors, this book is for you. The second criticism - that there are errors in the text - is also valid. Along with the previously mentioned shrimp problem, he occasionally calls for "skinless, boneless chicken breasts" that should be grilled until the "skin is brown and crisp." But really, live a little! Don't slavishly follow the recipe and panic when there's an inconsistency. His whole point is to be creative when you grill! And any inconsistencies are far outweighed by the ease and quality of the recipes, the entertaining writing style and the outstanding flavor of the food.
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Summary: A great cookbook
Review: This is definitely one of my favorite cookbooks, one that I constantly go back to. It's a very good introduction to real barbeque, has some excellent drink recipes (if you're so inclined), and it's well written. You can actually sit down and read this book. The commentary on the recipes is amusing and insightful. Yes, the barbeque section could have been more extensive and some of the recipes call for ingredients that are not likely to be in the cupboard - but those are minor criticisms. If you like outdoor cooking, this one is a must-have.
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Summary: One of the best cookbooks I own
Review: This was the first 'serious' bbq book I bought and it has been through so much abuse since I got it that it's a credit to the bookbinding art in this country that it is still whole. I would have given it 5 stars were it not for some annoying formatting in the book that puts some recipes on too many pages; it would have been possible to reformat it to make the recipes easier to flip through. But that is a very minor complaint in comparison with the outrageously good information that this book provides.
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Summary: You are not a serious griller if you don't have this book
Review: This was the first 'serious' bbq book I bought and it has been through so much abuse since I got it that it's a credit to the bookbinding art in this country that it is still whole. I would have given it 5 stars were it not for some annoying formatting in the book that puts some recipes on too many pages; it would have been possible to reformat it to make the recipes easier to flip through. But that is a very minor complaint in comparison with the outrageously good information that this book provides.
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