Summertime and outdoor cooking naturally go well together. If you are looking for some grilling tips and more mouth-watering recipes, then you’ll definitely want to take a look at this book with a napkin at the ready. Pitmaster Moe Cason serves up flame-cooked smokey, juicy burgers, ribs, chops, brisket, and more in his book “Big Moe’s Big Book of BBQ.” Enhance the flavor of your barbecue masterpiece with Moe’s brines, spritzes, spice rubs, and mop sauces. He shares lots of advice and 75 recipes for fun and delicious backyard eats.
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Icy blackberry sage granita, peaches and cream semifreddo, tartufo layered with two flavors of gelato, sweet cherries, and wafer cookies encased in a chocolate candy shell, plus malted milk tiramisu are some of the spoonable desserts from this next selection. “Dolci!” by Renato Poliafito highlights the delectable heritage of Italian and Italian American recipes with an emphasis on desserts and baked goods. Some more melt-in-your-mouth delights are a sunny limoncello pistachio tart, rich chocolate hazelnut cake, panettone bread pudding, also cannoli cake with cinnamon, candied orange and mini chocolate chips.
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Christopher Kimball and his team at Milk Street are a trusted resource for quick, easy-to-prepare, and reliable recipes with an international flavor. Their latest cookbook, “Milk Street 365” is filled to the brim with over 700 recipes accompanied by color photos of each dish. Your dinner plans during summer might include steak salad with walnuts, pomegranate molasses and blue cheese, pita burgers with crisped cheese, Peruvian stir-fried chicken and noodles, toasted tacos with adobo beans, or perhaps spaghetti with lemon pesto.
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Chicken bacon ranch bombs, Fruity Pebble pancakes, animal-style mac ‘n’ cheese, and Pop Tart lava cakes are a sampling of the creative and playful recipes you’ll find in “The Mythical Cookbook” by Josh Scherer. This is not your typical cookbook as there are chapters dedicated to foods that are spicy and deep fried, plus bacon and cheese each get their own chapter. For all the daring and adventurous eaters out there, do check out the last section titled, “Eat Something that Scares You.”