Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie S'Mores

by Steven Raichlen

Overview

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire.

An electrifying new approach by the man who literally wrote the bible on barbecue. Cutting edge techniques meet time-honed traditions in 100 boldly flavored recipes that will help you turbocharge your game at the grill. Here’s how to reinvent steak with reverse-seared beef tomahawks, dry-brined filets mignons, ember-charred porterhouses, and T-bones tattooed with grill marks and enriched, the way the pros do it, with melted beef fat. Here’s how to spit-roast beer-brined cauliflower on the rotisserie. Blowtorch a rosemary veal chop. Grill mussels in blazing hay, peppery chicken under a salt brick, and herb-crusted salmon steaks on a shovel. From Seven Steps to Grilling Nirvana to recipes for grilled cocktails and desserts, Project Fire proves that live-fire, and understanding how to master it, makes everything taste better.

“Once again, steven Raichlen shows off his formidable fire power and tempting recipes.”
—Francis Mallmann

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781523503483
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	491,587
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steven Raichlen is the author of the New York Times bestselling Barbecue! Bible® cookbook series, which includes the new Brisket Chronicles, Project Fire, Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades; Project Smoke; The Barbecue Bible; and How to Grill. Winners of 5 James Beard awards and 3 IACP awards, his books have been translated into 17 languages. His TV shows include the public television series Steven Raichlen’s Project Fire, Project Smoke; Primal Grill; and Barbecue University; the French language series Le Maitre du Grill, and the Italian series Steven Raichlen Grills Italy.  Raichlen has written for the New York Times, Esquire, and all the food magazines; and is the founder and dean of Barbecue University. In 2015, he was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. His website is www.barbecuebible.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Project Fire? 1

Chapter 1 The Seven Steps to Grilling Nirvana 3

Chapter 2 Breakfast on the Grill 49

Chapter 3 Starters 61

Chapter 4 Breads and Pizzas 79

Chapter 5 Salad Hits the Grill 97

Chapter 6 Beef 115

Chapter 7 Pork 143

Chapter 8 Lamb 169

Chapter 9 Ground Meat 183

Chapter 10 Poultry 195

Chapter 11 Seafood 225

Chapter 12 Veggies and Tofu 259

Chapter 13 Desserts and Drinks 287

Conversion Tables 308

Index 309

Editorial Reviews

★ 03/05/2018
Author and TV chef Raichlen is in fine form in this collection of recipes and techniques for the grill, a follow-up to Project Smoke. An expansive first chapter provides suggestions for picking proper tools and fuels; the following dozen chapters turn up the heat on a variety of meats, breads, seafood, and vegetables. Many ingredients for starters and salads are placed directly on the flames: onions, tomatoes, and peppers are charred on coals for an ember salsa; a wedge salad features quartered heads of iceberg, grill marked on the outside but cool and crunchy within. The hearty steak dishes come with flair: a first-timer’s T-bone is made foolproof by the addition of sizzling beef fat poured over it, and dry-brined peppered filet mignon is served with a dollop of anchovy cream—heavy cream, oil-packed anchovy, and a clove of garlic to boot. (Lest anyone object, Raichlen reminds that anchovy is the key ingredient of several popular steak sauces.) Even the lowly hot dog is celebrated via crosshatch cutting that exposes more surface area to the grill; the cooked dogs are served on rolls slathered with a Creole mustard sauce. Photographer Matthew Benson, an organic farmer himself, excels in capturing the contours of such nonmeat entries as chive-grilled artichokes and Thai grilled kale. Raichlen once again enthusiastically brings spark and creativity to cooking on flames. (May)

Publishers Weekly

"[Steven Raichlen is] the Julia Child of barbecue" —Los Angeles Times  

"[Raichlen’s recipes are] smart, grill friendly twists on a global range of dishes, with ingredient combinations that instantly click" —Wall Street Journal

"Raichlen once again enthusiastically brings spark and creativity to cooking on flames." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Once again, Steven Raichlen shows off his formidable fire power and tempting recipes, from primal charcoal to elegant roast." —Francis Mallmann, author of Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way 

"Another addition to [Raichlen’s] magisterial collection…. [Project Fire] contributes useful new information for both novice backyard cooks and experienced grill chefs." —Booklist

 

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