Man, a Can, a Grill: 50 No-Sweat Meals You Can Fire Up Fast

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Take a man. Add a can. Now throw in a grill. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? But with the geniuses who brought you A Man, A Can, A Plan are calling the shots, any guy can turn his culinary carnage into a killer meal.

- Photos of most ingredients, so shopping is a breeze
- Instructions for charcoal and propane grills alike
- Options for vegetarians
- Other useful ...

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Overview


Take a man. Add a can. Now throw in a grill. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? But with the geniuses who brought you A Man, A Can, A Plan are calling the shots, any guy can turn his culinary carnage into a killer meal.

- Photos of most ingredients, so shopping is a breeze
- Instructions for charcoal and propane grills alike
- Options for vegetarians
- Other useful facts about the ingredients and grilling techniques
- Whether the menu calls for beer-basted chicken or shish kebabs, Joachim's approach to barbecuing will lure even the most inexperienced cook to slap on an apron.

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Editorial Reviews

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"Twenty years ago, the first chicken I ever cooked on a grill burst into flames before I opened the lid to turn it. I wish A Man, a Can, a Grill had been there before that happened. Thanks to David Joachim, I'll never set a chicken on fire again."--Don Mauer, author of A Guy's Guide to Great Eating

"These easy, flavorful recipes for the grill are streamlined and smart. Real food--so good that no one will ever guess your secret is in the can."--Andrew Schloss, author of Cooking with Three Ingredients and Dinner's Ready

Publishers Weekly
This gimmicky cookbook, printed on the stiff, cardboard pages more often seen in picture books for infants, offers a set of exceedingly easy recipes for the fellow whose favorite kitchen tool is the can opener. Promising to make any man "king of the grill," Joachim (A Man, A Can, A Plan) presents recipes in simple equations, with photographs of all the main ingredients stacked in basic, arithmetical order (in other words, one barely needs to know how to read): a can of beer plus a can of chopped jalapenos plus a flank steak plus flour tortillas (along with a few seasonings and garnishes) renders a plate of reasonably tasty Beer-Flamed Fajitas; a can of chicken broth plus a can of light coconut milk plus a lime plus some boneless chicken breasts and spices makes Spicy Bangkok Birdies. Running alongside the images are drill-sergeant directions on how to combine the ingredients: "In a big bowl, nuke everything but the chicken....Dump in the chicken....Fire up your grill," run the Bangkok Birdies instructions. With ingredients ranging from soda pop to SPAM (Pakistani Pork Chops call for the former, while the latter appears in SPAM Cordon Bleu and Mushroom SPAMwiches), and from Pringles to refrigerated pizza dough, this is not a book for the seriously health conscious, though fat and calories are listed and are often reasonable. Rather, it seems geared toward the busy good ol' boy craving a manly meal, to whom a "perfectly roasted whole chicken...with an open beer can stuck up its...um...orifice" (the recipe for Beer-Can Chicken) sounds appealing. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781579547677
  • Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc.
  • Publication date: 5/16/2003
  • Edition description: REV
  • Pages: 46
  • Sales rank: 223,110
  • Product dimensions: 4.61 (w) x 8.35 (h) x 1.04 (d)

Table of Contents

Beef 1
Chicken 9
Fish 18
Pizza 23
Pork 25
Spam 33
Turkey 36
Veggies 42
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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 2, 2004

    A WOMAN, a Can, a Grill

    I bought this book to try and get my husbad to cook. well it sort of worked... I do all the prep work and he grills. But on a serious note. this cook book is great. I've made atlest 15 of the 50 recipes already and they have all been easy to make and great tasteing. My husband has even tried a few of them and he found them easy to follow as well. He espicialy liked that they had pictures of the ingredents.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2012

    A TEENAGER, a can, a grill... My 14-year old son loves this cook

    A TEENAGER, a can, a grill...
    My 14-year old son loves this cookbook. He has to make family dinner once a week, and this is his go-to resource. Simple ingredients, easy picture directions, and most even meet Mom's nutritional standards. Even better, many can be started the night before and marinated overnight in a Ziploc bag, for quick cooking on a busy weeknight. Highly recommended for anyone looking for quick and tasty dinner recipies, regardless of age or gender!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 19, 2012

    Great for the single guy

    Bought it for my daughter's boyfriend. I think it is perfect for the guy that is not a secret chef

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