The Barbecue Book...burgers to banquets

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The Barbecue Book is the most complete guide on the subject. The book's practical contents covers every aspect, in great detail, from firemanship to designing an open-air barbecue cooking area to showing you how to get more out of your barbecue by using it to roast, smoke-cook, spit-roast, stir-fry, griddle-cook and bake.

There are 200 easy to follow recipes ranging from 'Spicy potato slices' to 'Prawns with a hint of mint and garlic', 'Red wine burgers' to 'Barbecued Boeuf en croute', 'Soy and ginger flavoured lamb cutlets' to 'Crown of roast lamb', 'Stir-fried pork with mushrooms and cabbage' to 'Roast loin of pork with Ambrosia stuffing', 'Orange burgundy duckling' to 'Hickory-smoked turkey with a Scottish glaze', 'Mackerel parmesan' to 'Tandoori fish', 'Gateau paysanne' to 'Mixed fruit and bread kebabs', 'Pizza Mozzarella' to 'Bruschetta', 'Potato kebabs Madras' to 'Spicy nut roast' and 'Teriyaki marinade' to 'Jim's jammy-ginger sauce'.

Over the past 35 years Jim Marks, aka 'Mr Barbecue', has become well known for his lively and adventurous barbecue cookery demonstrations which, together with his best selling barbecue cook-books (his first book for Penguin, published in 1977, sold over 130,000 copies) and numerous TV and Radio appearances, has inspired thousands of barbecuers (novice and seasoned campaigners alike) to upgrade their alfresco culinary ambitions beyond the domain of burgers, bangers and baked potatoes.

A quick glance at the photographs which show food that Jim has prepared and cooked on a wide variety of barbecues, should be enough to set the juices running whilst adding some credence to the book's sub-title 'burgers to banquets'.

The book has gone down a storm - even in America where it was judged by the National Barbecue Association of America, to be the Best New BBQ/Grill Cookbook of 2002. Not bad for a 'limey'!

In the words of TV Chef Brian Turner, this book is "all you need to know about barbecuing - it's wonderful! Wherever you sit on the 'Richter' scale of barbecuing, this book is for you - enjoy."

Photograph by Paul Dixon Photography

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