The Italian Grill - fresh ideas to fire up your outdoor cooking by Micol Negrin is published by Clarkson Potter 2005 and is a hardback cookbook beautifully done with many full color pictures throughout of various ingredients and several finished dishes. It is 184 pages long with 85 delicious sounding recipes and 50 photographs. The recipes focus on grilling with creative Italian recipes.
This cookbook is divided into several chapters including:
Introduction
Grills
Tips for successful grilling
To marinate or not to marinate
Before you cook
Antipasti
Pizza, Focaccia and Other Primi
Fish and Seafood
Meat and Poultry
Vegetables
Sauces, Marinades, and Spice Rubs
Sweet Endings
Suggested Menus
Mail-Order Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
Micol brings you right into the family with the introduction including a sweet black and white photo of her family in the seventies grilling outdoors and then goes into discussing various types of grills and tips and information in the next section. In the marinate section she discusses various ingredients for marinating and do's and don'ts of marinating so your next cookout is a success. I love the bits of food history and information scattered throughout the cookbook almost every time you turn a page there's a bit of memory or information to read.
Some of the delicious recipes you'll find in this cookbook include: Savory Sausage and Sweet Grape Skewers, Tender Chicken Morsels in Rosemary-Chili Marinade, Whole Trout with Garlicky Bread-Crumb Stuffing, Neapolitan Calzone, Smokey Flatbread, Grilled Polenta Coins with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce, Sardinian Smoked Lamb, Zucchini Ribbons with Dill and Slivered Almonds, Sicilian Pepper Bundles, Caramelized Tomatoes with Oregano and Garlic, Baby Artichokes with Fresh Mint, Fire-kissed Tuscan Bread and Tomato Salad, Herbed Olive Oil Sauce for Fish and Seafood, Caramelized Blood Oranges over Creamy Ricotta Mousse, Summer Fruit Packets with Moscato D'asti and many more!
Not only is this cookbook full of great recipes but you'll also enjoy learning a lot reading the many paragraphs of information scattered throughout the book. Micol doesn't just write cookbooks though. This talented gal also gives cooking tours, cooking lessons and even cooking parties.. You gotta check out the site and find out all about the opportunities! Go to http://www.rusticocooking.com/ and see what I'm talking about.
If this is a cookbook you'd enjoy visit the site at www.rusticocooking.com and get a copy. You will love this cookbook is you enjoy the delicious Italian recipes and outdoor cooking.
