The Summer Table: Recipes and Menus for Casual Outdoor Entertaining

by Lisa Lemke

Overview

Summertime—and the outdoor entertaining is easy! Fire up the grill, whip up some sides and sweets, and share these simple, delicious dishes with people you love. The festive menus include a Mexican Grill Party with a whole chipotle chicken; a Father's Day Barbecue, featuring Campari melon crush, strip steak, red beet gratin, and cabbage salad; a Beach Buffet that includes veggies with spiced yogurt dip and a bread omelet with grapes and gorgonzola; along with picnics, pizza parties, lunches, brunches, and a chic cocktail party. Filled with cooking tips and ideas for marinades, rubs, butters, sauces, salsas, and more, The Summer Table invites you to enjoy the season's best.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454904380
Publisher:	Sterling Epicure
Publication date:	03/17/2015
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	654,078
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Lisa Lemke, a freelance food consultant, recipe developer, food stylist, and television chef, lives in a small town on the west coast of Sweden. She writes about food in various media, including magazines, books, radio, television, and advertising. She is the author of Till Grillat, which has now sold over 10,000 copies, and Till Sommaren (both Bonnier Fakta). Lemke is the host of My Kitchen on TV4. Together with Tommy Myllymäkki, one of Sweden's biggest chefs, she gives viewers recipes and culinary inspiration twice a day, Monday through Saturday, on the popular morning show Nyhetsmorgon.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

My Best Tips viii

A Little Grill Guide x

Sweet & Savory Flavor Boosters xii

Marinades, Rub, and Glazes 2

Sauces 12

Salsas 32

Herb Butters 44

The Menus 48

Mexican Grill Party 50

An Early Summer Vegetarian Lunch 66

A Getaway Picnic 76

Father's Day Barbecue 94

A Grand Summer Brunch Buffet 106

Block Party 122

Fire Up the Grill for Lunch! 138

Lazy Days at the Beach Buffet 150

An Easy-As-Pie Pizza Party 168

Chic Cocktail Party in the City 176

End of Summer Picnic 192

Extra Side Dishes 210

Extra Desserts 232

Acknowlegments 250

Index 251

Editorial Reviews

03/09/2015
For many, summer is the season to go lighter on food preparation, allowing the fresh flavors to speak for themselves, but this cookbook from a Swedish TV chef promises that laid-back doesn't have to mean pedestrian grilled meats and insipid salads. Among her solutions for meats is a series of creative marinades, rubs, glazes, sauces, and compound butters, some of which evoke her native flavors (elderflower and lemon glaze, for example) and others that combine cross-cultural ingredients (a sticky BBQ marinade with hoisin, red chili, and cherry marmalade). From there Lemke accompanies her reader along a series of well-designed menus for occasions such as a Grand Summer Brunch Buffet (baked eggs with asparagus and bacon; onion mushroom and sage custard tart; carrot and almond scones) and a Chic Cocktail Party in the City (salty-sweet rosemary popcorn; pizza with chanterelles, chorizo, and pecorino). Enthusiastic commentary convincingly urges readers to try gorgonzola in an omelet with grapes, and a chocolate pie mixed with muscovado caramel and currant. Lemke's recipes are colorful and creative. Color photos. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

“For many, summer is the season to go lighter on food preparation, allowing the fresh flavors to speak for themselves, but this cookbook from a Swedish TV chef promises that laid-back doesn't have to mean pedestrian grilled meats and insipid salads. Among her solutions for meats is a series of creative marinades, rubs, glazes, sauces, and compound butters, some of which evoke her native flavors (elderflower and lemon glaze, for example) and others that combine cross-cultural ingredients (a sticky BBQ marinade with hoisin, red chili, and cherry marmalade). From there Lemke accompanies her reader along a series of well-designed menus for occasions such as a Grand Summer Brunch Buffet (baked eggs with asparagus and bacon; onion mushroom and sage custard tart; carrot and almond scones) and a Chic Cocktail Party in the City (salty-sweet rosemary popcorn; pizza with chanterelles, chorizo, and pecorino). Enthusiastic commentary convincingly urges readers to try gorgonzola in an omelet with grapes, and a chocolate pie mixed with muscovado caramel and currant. Lemke's recipes are colorful and creative. Color photos.” —Publishers Weekly

“With fresh recipe ideas for readers who like dining al fresco, this cookbook promises plenty of summer fun.” —Library Journal

From the Publisher

04/15/2015
Based on Swedish chef Lemke's cookbooks Til Grillat and Til Sommaren, this collection of attractively photographed summer foods includes 11 menus (e.g., "Mexican Grill Party," "A Grand Summer Brunch Buffet," "An Easy-as-Pie Pizza Party"), plus extra recipes for marinades, condiments, sides, and desserts. Like Paul Lowe's Summer Food, it covers classic dishes including tomato and bread salads, as well as distinct offerings, such as rye slices with creamy smoked sausage spread. Lemke's rudimentary grilling instructions will get novices started, and they can further hone their skills with Barton Seaver's Where There's Smoke or Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby's The Big-Flavor Grill. VERDICT With fresh recipe ideas for readers who like dining al fresco, this cookbook promises plenty of summer fun.

Library Journal