Get fired up for grilling season with these cookbooks
Beef up your grill skills
BY SUSAN M. SELASKY • FREE PRESS TEST KITCHEN DIRECTOR • May 14, 2009
Sniff the air. Smell those sizzling ribs or burgers? The official peak season for outdoor
grilling
is almost here.
Although many people grill year-round, Memorial Day signals the start of grilling season. It is the second-most popular holiday, behind July 4th, for Americans to fire up the grill, according to the Hearth, Patio &
Barbecue Association (HPBA).
Three out of four households own a grill or a smoker. In 2008, more than 16.7 million grills and smokers were shipped -- an 18% increase since 2003, according to the HPBA.
And there's no shortage of new cookbooks devoted to the age-old method of
cooking foods over a hot flame. More than a half-dozen new books on grilling came out this spring.
They range from those aimed at beginners needing Grilling 101 lessons and how-to tips to ones geared to average grillers who want to add more spark to their grilling repertoire and hone their skills.
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If you already consider yourself an expert griller, there are books for the more adventuresome, including ones with directions for smoking and cooking over a wood fire, and ones with recipes from famed barbecue joints. Peach Pork Butt, anyone? Or perhaps barbecued goat?
But a common theme is that it's back to the basics of outdoor grilling without a lot of uncommon or expensive ingredients or methods.
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