I clearly remember that, as a child of 9 or 10, a favourite outdoor activity was to make small bonfires, and place potatoes in the embers to bake. It was evident that I was going to grow up with a love of food and cooking as I would sneak inside to nick a lump of butter and return via the chive patch to grab some stalks that would be added to the creamy steaming interior of the satisfyingly scorched and crispy lump rescued from the ashes. When Gill Miller's eagerly awaited new book, Outside, arrived the other day I was thrilled to read in the foreword, written in Gill's wonderfully evocative and poetic style, of his own recollections of discovering the combination of the outdoors and eating. Delighted even further to find the homily baked potatoes recipe in which he encourages involving children in this kitchen bonfire activity!
This new publication is an inspiring and encouraging addition to my Gill Meller collection. As ever, the recipes and the exquisite photography grab one's attention, interest and motivation from the outset. Recipes, ingredients, method are , as ever, constructed in characteristically straightforward and uncomplicated style, garnished with nuggets of charming observations and reflections. The book went straight into action on the day it arrived, flatbreads with chilli and fennel sausage, burrata and herbs gave me an excuse to dry out and fire up the barbecue. The bashed cucumber salad, as with so many of Gill's creations, gave this year's prolific harvest of garden herbs, new purpose. The chickens have been advised to get their act together in order to support this evening's 'late spring salad', with asparagus, new potatoes and eggs. I also need to go check on whether the expanse of wild garlic in the wood is still fit for consumption so that I can fit in a few other recipes before we go away to Sweden for a month. In fact, the most important task is to go and weigh the luggage and take out whatever necessary to enable me to take 'Outside' with me - a remote island in the archipelago is going to be a fantastic test-bed for beach-based cooking of fish and foraged greens - I might just try to slip in a baked potato or two!! Thanks Gill.
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Outside is a thoughtful celebration of the joys of cooking and eating outdoors, whether it's a simple campfire on the beach or a barbecue in the garden. Recipes include:
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WILD RABBIT WITH BACON, BARLEY AND STOUT |
TROUT CURED IN GARDEN HERBS WITH RADISHES AND HORSERADISH |
GRILLED MUSHROOMS WITH GARLICKY GREENS AND TOASTED CRUMBS |
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WILD GARLIC POLENTA WITH BARBECUED ASPARAGUS AND CRISPY STINGING NETTLES |
A LATE SPRING SALAD |
EMBER-BAKED SQUASH WITH KALE PESTO |
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If I could give it Six Stars, I would.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2022
Whenever I see Gills name on a cookbook, it's a no brainer for me. It's bought in the same breath & then slowly devoured.His first being quite possibly my all time favourite of an extensive collection, this one is definitely fighting for first place too.I have always adored cooking outside, it's a terribly fun way to cook ones meal, and this book is packed with recipes that I just want to make . Pictured was his glorious Blue Cheese Celery Salad, which has become a week night staple in my household. Buy this immediately!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2022
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 July 2022
His first being quite possibly my all time favourite of an extensive collection, this one is definitely fighting for first place too.
I have always adored cooking outside, it's a terribly fun way to cook ones meal, and this book is packed with recipes that I just want to make . Pictured was his glorious Blue Cheese Celery Salad, which has become a week night staple in my household. Buy this immediately!
If I could give it Six Stars, I would.
By Annie Mae H.Worth on 20 July 2022
Whenever I see Gills name on a cookbook, it's a no brainer for me. It's bought in the same breath & then slowly devoured.By Annie Mae H.Worth on 20 July 2022
His first being quite possibly my all time favourite of an extensive collection, this one is definitely fighting for first place too.
I have always adored cooking outside, it's a terribly fun way to cook ones meal, and this book is packed with recipes that I just want to make . Pictured was his glorious Blue Cheese Celery Salad, which has become a week night staple in my household. Buy this immediately!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 May 2022
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2022
However, since receiving this book on publication day I have not only been inspired to give outdoor/fire cooking a go, but I have already built my first fire and have already made a couple of the recipes from this book: fire baked wet garlic, and onions cooked on coals, which I baked in the coals of my outdoor fire whilst a gorgeous pork chop was gently cooked on the grate.
'Outside' is a magnificent book, not only through how it looks (the photography by Andrew Montgomery is stunning), but the content is inspirational in spades: Gills way with words makes reading the book a joy, and the stories he tells around each and every recipe in the book immediately makes you want to drop all worldly tasks and build a campfire! I have a LOT of recipes left to cook from 'Outside' but I can tell that this is going to be a book that will be by my side for the long term, an outdoor cooking companion....of sorts!
Bravo Gill, this is a superb book, thank you for inspiring me to get outside and explore outdoor cooking.
Inspiration in spades - a magnificent book
By Stuart Gordon on 5 June 2022
I've been a huge fan of Gill's writing and recipes ever since his wonderful first book 'Gather'. Yet, until now I have rarely made moves into the world of outdoor cooking, mainly because I didn't really know where to start. In the world we live in nowadays with, seemingly, 4 trillion people online telling you 8 trillion ways of cooking outdoors/lighting a fire/positioning your coal, the barrier to entry for an outdoor cooking novice (like me) is high!By Stuart Gordon on 5 June 2022
However, since receiving this book on publication day I have not only been inspired to give outdoor/fire cooking a go, but I have already built my first fire and have already made a couple of the recipes from this book: fire baked wet garlic, and onions cooked on coals, which I baked in the coals of my outdoor fire whilst a gorgeous pork chop was gently cooked on the grate.
'Outside' is a magnificent book, not only through how it looks (the photography by Andrew Montgomery is stunning), but the content is inspirational in spades: Gills way with words makes reading the book a joy, and the stories he tells around each and every recipe in the book immediately makes you want to drop all worldly tasks and build a campfire! I have a LOT of recipes left to cook from 'Outside' but I can tell that this is going to be a book that will be by my side for the long term, an outdoor cooking companion....of sorts!
Bravo Gill, this is a superb book, thank you for inspiring me to get outside and explore outdoor cooking.
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