“Leading the charge into this year’s backyard barbecue season, Bon Appétit has gathered some of its best-regarded grilling recipes and put them in this single volume to create an inclusive resource for anyone with an outdoor fire alight. Beginning with the basics of fire preparation, the book offers considered advice on properly setting up a grill. But barbecue chefs being what they are, virtually every opinion here expressed can readily find its contrary defended by other equally devoted cooks. In conformance with Bon Appétit’s ever-professional approach, not only are basic meats and fish presented, but there are also myriad sauces, salsas, compotes, marinades, compound butters, and other garnishes that add visual allure and harmonizing flavors. Contemporary grilling is almost equally about vegetables, and the book’s vivid photographs pop their colors so intensely that these veggies can look as appealing as meats. –Mark Knoblauch”