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The Plank Grilling Cookbook: Infuse Food with More Flavor Using Wood Planks

The Plank Grilling Cookbook: Infuse Food with More Flavor Using Wood Planks

by Dina Guillen (Author), Michelle Lowrey (Author), Maria Everly (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $4.74
Synopsis

Planking (grilling atop a slab of wood) adds a lush, smoky flavour to foods with none of the labour-intensive mess of traditional pits and smokers. Though sales of planks are skyrocketing, there are few resources available that enable cooks to take full advantage of this easy, exciting technique. The Plank Grilling Cookbook answers this growing need with an extensive array of recipes and helpful advice. Among the inventive offerings are entrees, such as Tuna with a Hoisin-Sherry Sauce, Lemon Herb Roast Chicken and Sizzling Lamb Fajitas; vegetables and side dishes such as Stuffed Artichokes and Corn Guacamole; and even desserts, from Peach Sorbet to Pecan and Cinnamon Stuffed Apples with Caramel Sauce. The book helps readers choose between the different types of planks, cedar, maple, alder, hickory, cherry and oak and also features how-to and safety tips for successful plank grilling.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Published: 17 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 1570614741
ISBN 13: 9781570614743

Media Reviews
Currently gaining more and more prominence among chefs and foodies, plank grilling has been around for centuries, points out Guillen ( Cooking Club: Great Ideas and Delicious Recipes for Fabulous Get-Togethers ), noting that cedar wood has long been used by Native Americans to impart seasoning. Here, she elaborates on that concept, showing home cooks how to use wood planks in a number of settings to impart unique flavors. Using only a handful of woods (cedar, alder, oak, cherry and maple), Guillen uses them to great effect, showing readers how to whip up everything from beet hummus and classic Scotch eggs to barbecue chicken pizza, DIY bacon and flank steak stuffed with artichokes and brie. ...the majority of the dishes (pizza's a favorite, as is fish) are practical and doable, provided readers have a reliable source of untreated wood. Her instructions on the mechanics of plank grilling are sound, to-the-point without being patronizing yet specific enough to ensure consistency and success even among novices. Grillhounds and smoke lovers (not to mention woodworkers and lumberjacks) will find a lot of ingenuity here. --Publishers Weekly The Plank Grilling Cookbook is an outstanding introduction to the innovative cooking style focused on the creatively culinary use of the wood plank. Featuring wonderfully delicious and easy-to-prepare recipes ranging from Beef Tenderloin Steaks Topped With Butter Spread; Gorgonzola And Spinach Chicken Rolls and Chicken, Artichoke, And Sun-Dried Tomato Panini, to Salmon Fillets With Mango, Peach, And Pineapple Salsa; Hot And Spicy Duck Breasts; and Beef Tri-Tip Roast With A Cherry Tomato Festival, The Plank Grilling Cookbook provides readers with recipes for a series of tasty and appetizing dishes. Enhanced with color photography, The Plank Grilling Cookbook is very highly recommended for all readers who are searching for new and different approaches to evening and weekend cookouts. --Midwest Book Review Plank Grilling - 75 Recipes for Infusing Foods with Flavor Using Wood Planks is the perfect cookbook for a grill plank beginner or even an intermediate planker like myself. --The Harried Mom This new Plank Grilling cookbook by Dina Guillen gives recipes ideas for cooking on a plank that I'd never thought of before like the peach, proscuitto pizza with arugula or the tri tip rubbed with chocolate or espresso. --Grill Grrrl Dina Guillen has a great new cookbook out that's perfect for your al fresco dining plans --SacFoodies
Author Bio
Dina Guillen, Michelle Lowrey, Maria Everly, and Gretchen Bernsdorff are enthusiastic chefs and members of the Kitchen Table Cooking Club, a Sacramento-based club that focuses on gourmet foods.