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Summary: A. Cort Sinnes nails the topic!
Review: As a food professional who has had to research the whole area of gas barbecuing (for cooking classes), I have recently acquired or referred to a wide number of sources for outdoor grilling recipes and techniques. My conclusion is that regardless of experience or proficiency, if you own a gas grill you should own this book; and if you are a gas grill beginner, you absolutely need this book!Why? Most importantly, nowhere in the genre have I found a better collection of excellent, accessible, unpretentious recipes. Cort Sinnes is extremely comprehensive, drawing on many culinary traditions, but he has wisely avoided the "kitchen sink" approach of offering too many recipes. This is a carefully honed, tightly edited collection with little-to-no gratuitious filler. He has taken obvious care in covering all bases with a minimum of repetition and overlap. Yes, he embraces the indirect cooking method that forms the basis of modern outdoor gas barbecuing--but you can get this elsewhere, including the techniques and recipes that Weber packages in every owner's manual. What sets this book apart--and becomes increasingly obvious as I work my way through it--is that at its core is an extraordinary culinary sensibility. The author obviously loves food and cooking--but also has real culinary talent, a relatively rare commodity among food writers. I also get the sense that this work is an exhaustive redux, a distillation produced by an intense process of research and testing. Implicit in his approach--and indeed the whole book concept--is the understanding that gas grilling can be a bit of a compromise flavor-wise compared to using charcoal, and that this reality justifies an emphasis on recipes and techniques that overcome or minimize the inherent deficit. We use gas grills not because they yield superior results but because the results are arguably only minimally inferior while speed and ease of use offer significant and often decisive advantages. Recognizing this, the author has wisely matched his approach to his broadest potential readership. The theme: excellence within simplicity. He has in the main limited his palette of ingredients to what can easily be found in most modern North American supermarkets. And no confusing, fancy-schmancy tricks and techniques. No complicated, time-consuming recipes. Even the physical book format reflects this approach. This is not a coffee table hybrid--no full color photos on glossy paper. In fact, no photos at all. Just a well-written, well-organized, carefully-edited cookbook with a deceptively casual, fifties kind of look to it. There are other good grilling references out there. Many of them, like the brilliant books by Schlesinger and Willoughby, assume that no serious griller uses gas; they focus primarily on wood and charcoal as fuel. The recipes can be difficult to adapt and the results disappointingly unpredictable. Others, like Weber's slick and glossy and sometimes brilliant "Art of the Grill," reach higher and achieve less. (Like many a fancy pastry, it looks somewhat better than it tastes.) But for those of us who care about food and choose to grill with gas, it will be difficult to find a better place to start than this gem by Cort Simmes. Bottom line: Not much flash, but lots of flavor. Very high hit rate (percentage of recipes worth repeating). Definitive book belongs on the shelf of anyone grilling outdoors with gas.
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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: I have a million cookbooks but this one is one of the best I've ever gotten. Before I got this book, I guessed a lot. This has made me a much better cook on the grill. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Search No Further...This is THE Book for Gas Grilling!!!
Review: I have over five hundred cookbooks in my collection and fifty of these are dedicated to barbeque, grilling and smoke cooking. The Gas Grill Gourmet was one of my earliest purchases and remains my favorite reference for gas grilling. To be sure, it isn't fancy or larded with a lot of pictures (In fact there are NONE)but it is an indispensable source of information, tips, techniques and simply delicious recipes. It is the best discussion of indirect cooking that I have come across. What I particularly like is that the recipes are for food that most of us will find easy to prepare, with ingredients that we have on the shelf or are readily available at the supermarket. You are also given a taste of a wide variety of grilling cuisines. In the poultry section alone, French, Jamaican, Indian, Southwestern, Italian, Mexican and Asian cuisines are represented with recipes that you will find both easy to prepare and delicious on the palate. At the beginning of each section, Mr. Sinnes provides the reader with tips and suggestions to maximize your grilling experience. The recipes are listed at the beginning of the section and include the page numbers. You will particularly find the Introduction helpful as the author thoroughly discusses what you should look for in a gas grill, grilling techniques, safety and necessary accessories. In short, whether you be novice or expert, this book will be a welcome addition to your grilling experience. It won't disappoint and your family and guests will be most impressed and will come back repeatedly.
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Summary: IF YOU GOING TO OWN A BOOK ON GRILLING - THIS IS THE ONE!
Review: I have owned this book for two years and I have yet to cook a recipe from it that my family and friends have not thought was excellent! Forget Bobby Flay and all of those other fancy grill cook books out there. This is the ONLY one you will ever need. The author thoroughly covers every possible thing to cook on a grill and presents it in a very readable format with excellent tasting recipes. And a majority of the recipes are ingredient friendly as well, so you do not have to travel to the far ends of the earth to get exoctic ingredients. This book will make you look at your gas grill very differently!
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Summary: Secrets Unlocked
Review: I loved this book. Lots of hard information and easy to follow instructions, simple easy to follow recipes, and yummy !
I went from burning hamburgers and dogs, to whole roasts, and even whole chicken breasts instantly.
Favorite recipes to date. Curried Chicken and grilled Portabello mushrooms. I am still exploring, who knows I may even tackle lamb.
I am buying it for gifts.
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Summary: Become Great at Grilling...Instantly!
Review: I'm the family cook. I'm a pretty good cook. However, I sucked at cooking on a grill. Food came out underdone, usually overdone, and generally dry. My wife was not pleased.
That is, until I bought this book.
I've tried several of the recipes in it and each one has come out PERFECT. I'm even starting to improvise, using the techniques this book has taught me. If you are anything less than great on the gas grill, you need this book. My wife now looks forward to me firing up the BBQ.
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Summary: One recipe will make you a believer!
Review: I've had friends begging for the secret to the whole chicken with lemon & garlic. That was the first recipe I tried, and all the others have been excellent as well. A great collection of grilled delights!
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Summary: Required reading for new and current gas grill owners
Review: If you're going to invest in a gas grill, consider this book as part of your purchase. The recipes are straightforward, often utilizing ingredients you already have on hand, and the results are delicious. The indirect cooking method produces barbecued meat, seafood, and vegetables that maintain their juices and enhances their natural or seasoned flavors. You won't miss eating blackened, dry, tasteless meat after you cook your first recipe from this book. Happy grilling!
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Summary: Fire up the grill!
Review: In a moment of passion -- having just purchaed a Weber Gold Grill -- I ordered this cookbook. However, I realized after looking at it for a week or so that I don't really want to spend two or three hours preparing ingredients just to cook some bloody good steak, or lamb, or (well cooked) chicken. You'd be better off with either of the Weber Grill cookbooks, which I also ordered and think are very fine.
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Summary: Do you really want to be Julia Childs?
Review: In a moment of passion -- having just purchaed a Weber Gold Grill -- I ordered this cookbook. However, I realized after looking at it for a week or so that I don't really want to spend two or three hours preparing ingredients just to cook some bloody good steak, or lamb, or (well cooked) chicken. You'd be better off with either of the Weber Grill cookbooks, which I also ordered and think are very fine.
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