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Overview
Italian Grill is the ultimate handbook on Italian grilling and a must-have cookbook for home grillers from Mario Batali, superstar chef and bestselling author of Molto Batali, Molto Gusto, and Molto Italiano.
Easy to use and filled with simple recipes, Mario Batali's classic grilling handbook takes the mystery out of making tasty, earthy, smoky Italian food. In addition to the eighty recipes and the sixty full-color photographs, Italian Grill includes helpful information on different heat-source options, grilling techniques, and essential equipment. As in all his books, Batali's distinctive voice provides historical and cultural perspective as well.
Italian Grill features appetizers, pizza and flatbreads, fish and shellfish, poultry, meat, and vegetables. The delicious recipes include Fennel with Sambuca and Grapefruit, Guinea Hen Breasts with Rosemary and Pesto, Baby Octopus with Gigante Beans and Olive-Orange Vinaigrette, and Rosticciana (Ribs Italian-Style).
Editorials
Anthony Bourdain
"Mario Batali is a madman/hero. Is there nothing he’s not good at? Great chef, successful restaurateur, an author, an intellectual, host of a ridiculously informative and much-too-good-for-television TV show, afficianado of fine rock and roll, and a man of Falstaffian appetites."Food & Wine
"In his new cookbook, Italian Grill, the star chef steps up to the grate with amazing recipes that express his extroverted approach to flavor."Sam Sifton
…shows the big man in good form…and displays some of the wonderful lunacy that shows up on the best of his menus and in televised "Iron Chef" competitions…Unless you received a rotisserie attachment for your birthday, there's probably too much in the way of spit-roasting over live fire. But most everything is adaptable to a plain-Jane grill, and the flavors are worth the improvisation.—The New York Times
Library Journal
Chef Batali's latest cookbook, written with LJ's Cookery columnist, Sutton, covers antipasti to vegetables, stopping at pizza, fish, poultry, and meats along the way. There is also a nice section at the beginning covering Italian wines and grilling info and featuring a glossary of ingredients and techniques. Many of the recipes, including pizzas, flatbreads, shellfish, and vegetables, are grilled on a piastra, which is a metal griddle or piece of granite heated directly on the grill. This allows many foods not normally suited for the grill to be included. Rotisseries are also used for some larger cuts of meat, like fresh ham and turkey breast. Recipes are not complicated, and spices and seasonings ensure big flavors. The usually fast process of grilling also adds to the appeal. Illustrations include close-ups of beautifully prepared food. A list of sources for hard-to-find ingredients and a thorough index round out the book. With Batali's following, this will be in demand; for public libraries with cookery collections.
—Susan Hurst