Review: A Bit Mild!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 19, 2013
I am from the Caribbean so I know a good BBQ when I taste one and I know a lot about preparing it. But BBQ is not a very healthy dish and that is what made me read this book. I was looking forward to learning how to BBQ my favorite foods but in a healthier way. I was a bit disappointed with this book because although it had a lot of information stuffed into each page it missed the mark for me.I know when it comes to preparing healthy food a lot of flavor has to be sacrificed but I was hoping that this book would have been the compromise that I was looking for. I was let down in that regard. It provides a collection of Recipes for your party but they were not nearly as sizzling as alluded to.I found that the book was not as well written as some of Stephen's other books. There were a number of grammatical errors that detracted from the text. When it comes to cooking and following recipes its very important to get it right and putting 1 cup of sugar instead of a teaspoon can have terrible results. He wasn't guilty of this but in some of his descriptions I was thrown off by a couple of poorly written sentences.The recipes are simple and a bit unimpressive but it did teach me about expanding my range when it comes to the variety of meats that I can BBQ. Take fish for example, there was a nice easy to follow recipe that I can see myself doing at some point in time. As far as feeding guests is concerned, I'd stick to my Caribbean roots where flavor is king.This book is more of a jumping off point and I would advise anyone using the recipes to improvise a bit to make things more interesting. I wasn't overwhelmed by this book. I thought it could have been much better. It was mild at best.