Celebrity Chefs' Cookbooks: Great Barbecues

by Carol Selva Rajah

Celebrity Chefs' Cookbooks: Great Barbecues is a diverse collection of Asian barbecue recipes, using meats such as beef, lamb, chicken and duck, and even seafood and vegetables. Traditional Asian techniques like using leaf wraps, employing natural tenderisers like vinegars and lemon juices, and skewering meats are used while Western-style char-grilling and roasting of vegetables is included to appeal to younger and well-travelled Asians. Suggestions for accompanying salads are provided to complement the barbecue dishes and make them complete.

Celebrity Chefs' Cookbooks Series:
This series features an authentic collection of recipes from all over the world. Specially selected authors - many who are established professionals in their own field of cuisine are invited to share their culinary skills. Useful tips and helpful shortcuts, together with brief cultural notes, add to make every book in this series unique and comprehensive. Readers will appreciate the British and American terms that are given for common ingredients, as well as weights and measurements in both metric and American units. With its practical approach and invaluable advice, the Celebrity Chefs' Cookbooks is a series that will appeal to both the novice as well as the professional cook.

84 pages, Paperback

First published December 23, 2003

About the author

Carol Selva Rajah was a chef, author, teacher, and television presenter. She wrote 12 cookbooks including Makan-Lah!: The True Taste of Malaysia. She also wrote frequently for Australian Gourmet Traveller and many other publications. She died in Sydney, Australia in 2020.