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Master the fire and discover the flavor of grilling -- meat, fish, veggies, and more -- with YouTube star Sam Zien.Your quest is over -- the holy grail of outdoor cooking is here. Unique, charismatic, and a damn fine cook, Sam the Cooking Guy has made perfecting backyard barbecuing his worthy mission. From keeping a chicken breast tender to smoking a turkey, from "dino ribs" to artichokes, these recipes will take your grill game to the next level. Gas versus charcoal? Why is mayo magical? What if a vegetarian is coming for dinner? These questions and more are answered in this indispensable guide to cooking with fire and smoke. Perfect for beginners and seasoned grill aficionados alike, these 100 recipes include appetizers, vegetables, chicken (and one duck!) , seafood, kebabs, side dishes, and desserts.
About the Author
Sam ZienI quit a job at a biotech company in 2001 to try to start a travel TV show. The fact that I had zero travel or even television experience didn't seem to matter. I felt I could be at least as bad as lousy people on TV - and maybe even better than others. But a month before a trip to shoot demo footage in Tokyo and Hong Kong, September 11th hit - and that changed everything. So I decided to stick with TV, but switched from travel to cooking. OK, still no experience but did it really matter at this point? I shot a demo and a couple months later ended up with a twice-weekly 2-minute cooking segment on a local morning news program. Sweet. Not paid, but still sweet. The segments caught on and grew into a 30-minute show appropriately named 'Sam the Cooking Guy' - an irreverent mix of humor and easy-to-replicate recipes that have won 15 Emmy awards. Then Discovery Health came along and I ended up producing 'Just Cook This' which featured my same offbeat style with more easy-to-prepare, great-tasting recipes that also happen to be healthy. It's true - healthy doesn't have to taste like crap. I'm still known for my 'big in taste and small in effort' style, and have proven that as a frequent guest on The Today Show (the NY Times called me a regular) . In fact, my visit there with Kathie Lee Gifford has now been watched over 2,500,000 times on YouTube - and Howard Stern called me his 'hero' because of it. For the record I never told her to shut up. And now, with over 2 million subscribers on my YouTube channel - the delicious, fun nonsense continues. I have 3 previous cookbooks, and now am so happy to bring out #4. It's so useable, fun and filled with a ton of great recipes. You're gonna like it :)
