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The Complete Book of Outdoor Cookery

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If you all ready Have Beard on Barbeque or Cook It Out Dors ther is very little new here.I collect all James Beard books I can find and this one is well writen, with several great recipes but since he wrote so much about out door cooking very little here is not in other books.

Years ago I purchased a paperback edition of this book and it taught me how to lift my steaks and chicken breasts to a higher level plus it has salads and other accompaniments that also stand out a bit. This was where I learned to force an herbed butter under the skin of a chicken breast to maximize flavor and where I found that blue cheese and fresh rosemary lifted a good steak even higher on the ladder of tasty grilled cuisine. I just had to purchase an original hard cover to preserve my access to these recipes. The original binding on my copy stood up well but I do not see signs that it was used all that much. Contemporary grilling books are only different; not better and this book bears republishing.