Customer Reviews

Grilling (Great Taste, Low Fat)

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This is a truely wonderful addition to any cookbook collection. Unlike most cookbooks that require you to spend a lot of money buying ingredients you most probably will only use once, these recipes mostly require olive oil, garlic, onions, peppers, the basic seasonings (e.g., oregano, salt, black or lemon pepper, etc.), and occasionally one more fancy addition (making the dishes MUCH less expensive, and allowing the true delicious taste of the meats and vegetables to come through). The book also offers a nice variety of dishes. It includes recipes for grilling chicken, fish, meat, mushrooms, AND deserts! (Did you know you can make a desert on the grill?) As a last point, these simple dishes can look fancy enough to impress anyone. I made a whole dinner for my husband on our two year wedding anniversary. I served the Shrimp with Lemon-Garlic Butter and Grilled Portobello Mushrooms with Basil Oil over rice, the Grilled Red Pepper, Sweet Onion, and Tomato Salad on the side, and the Grilled Pears with Rasberry-Grand Manier Sauce for desert. It took me about 45 minutes to prepare all the rubs and sauces (just because it was my first time putting it all together), but about 10 minutes to cook everything at the same time, and 3 minutes to serve. The meal was such a hit that my husband wants to make a new grilling dish every Wednesday night! By the way, for the novice grillers, the book also offers a glossary and an instructional section discussing types of grills, preparing the grill, checking for doneness, etc. I hope you enjoy the book as much as we do!

This collection of cookbooks from Williams-Sonoma rocks! With over 40 recipes in this one book alone you're set for the casual backyard BBQ with friends or a more intimate dinner with the one you love! The pictures alone are reason enough to buy this book. From grilling vegetables to pears with raspberry-Grand Marnier sauce this book covers a wide spectrum of mouth-watering recipes. **The baby back ribs with honey-jalapeno marinade are to die for***.

Be sure to add this to your cookbook collection -- and don't stop here... there's nine more on this website and even more at Williams-Sonoma stores to make your collection complete!

Happy Grilling!!!!

This book has wonderful recipes and the photos really inspire you to grill. My favorite recipes are the chicken/mushroom kabobs & the garlic skewered shrimps. I have tried about 6-7 different recipes and found them to be all excellent or very good. In my opinion, this is the best book in the Williams-Sonoma series. The Pasta cookbook in the same series is bad and not worthwhile.

Wow. what a find. I was hesitant to buy the Williams and Sonoma book because I thought that the recipes would be too complicated and require expensive ingredients and be too fancy for the way I like to cook, but the dishes are easy to prepare and extremely elegant - without being too time consuming. I love this book. Got this book in the mail two weeks ago and have used it half a dozen times so far.

This is a great book. Everything we've tried has been excellent. The recipes are creative, yet fairly simple to make. The pictures will make your mouth water! Also try "Outdoor Cooking" of the same series.

This book makes me pumped for summer! The recipes for the marinades and sauces look and sound really good. They are also explained very easily. One thing that I really liked about this cookbook, among others, is that the variety of meats, vegetables and all that good stuff is pretty big. It's not your 'regular old down home grillin' guide'. It's got pizazz, and I like that. I would recommend this cook book to anyone who likes grilling. Or, if you don't like grilling, get it for someone who does.

This cook book offers many recipies that are simple to follow, and always turn out perfect for the family or for entertaining. The dishes are tasteful, varied, and always offer a beautiful presentation.

I'm lucky enough to have been able to know the author and tasted his food- cooked by him! These recipes are absolutely wonderful and delicious. You will not be disappointed in the purchase of this book; it has a great assortment of recipes and ideas. I give it to all my friends as housewarming gifts!

I agree with the reviews I've read about this book. Mouthwatering recipies and looks and tastes even better than on the picture. If you cook than almost all the ingredients you need for grilling you'll find in your spices. Nothing weird, just simple, easy recipies and absolutely delicious!!!!!!!!!! I gave this book to my husband to add to his colletion of Sonoma books and he loves it!

I love the Williams Sonoma series of cookbooks, and purchased three of the Grilling book as Christmas gifts for men. They were THRILLED to receive such a nice cookbook, and one immediately asked me to choose a recipe for him to make for us the next time we're over. It has beautiful, enticing photos, and it's not big or overwhelming. Sometimes it's hard to find gifts for guys, but this one was a hit.