Customer Reviews

New South Grilling: Fresh and Exciting Recipes from the Third Coast

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I bought three of these grilling cookbooks for three important men in my life (husband, son & brother)who enjoy grilling. They enjoyed looking at the great pictures and trying some of the no stick marinades and recipes. They have all been successes so far. We are from the same city as Robert St. John and frequent his restaurant,Crescent City Grill,quite often. I have most of his other cookbooks and really enjoy using them.

This cookbook is a must have for all who love to grill but run in to trouble with dry meat or meat sticking to the grill. There is a section in the cookbook for No-stick grilling marinades for all meats especially fish!! I use it all the time and always have success. The marinade recipes are given in large batch so you can store it in the refrigerator until needed. That works for me since life is busy already!

New South Grilling should be every griller's second recipe book. I suggest that one learn the basics by using The Cook's Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue and then look to Robert St. James to expand your horizons. His "no stick" marinades work well and his rubs provide an excellent starting point for the development of your own recipes -- Isn't that what cooking is all about? If I ever get to Hattiesburg, Mississippi I know where I am going to eat. What I don't know is which dish to try first.

I bought this as a birthday gift for my mother, who is a fantastic cook, and she loved it. She owns hundreds of cookbooks and this is near the top of her list of favorites. More than just a cookbook, it has great stories of the South and it's history. She cooked a couple of the recipes for my brother and myself for dinner one night and we both thoroughly enjoyed them. This definitely rates 5 stars.