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New Cookbook by Chef Michael Symon: Playing With Fire + Giveaway

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It’s about to be grilling season…finally! I cannot wait for summer and all the backyard cookouts. And we’ll be throwing some new recipes into our mix thanks to this new cookbook from Chef Michael Symon, Playing With Fire. It’s packed with mouthwatering recipes and gorgeous photos of over 70 grilling and barbecue favorites. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, Playing With Fire released April 3, so it’s in stores now (ahem, Father’s Day gift idea!).

Read on to get more of a look at the cookbook, and I have a giveaway at the end!

Playing With Fire by Michael Symon

You probably recognize Michael Symon from TV. I know him best from the Food Network and I actually have another one of his cookbooks that I love. I just find his recipes really delicious but also doable.

Michael Symon cooks with soul, having grown up in a Greek and Sicilian family. The Cleveland native shares his exuberant, approachable cooking style and infectious laugh with viewers as an Iron Chef on Food Network and as a co-host on ABC’s The Chew. Michael is the chef and owner of more than 18 restaurants, including Lola and Mabel’s BBQ in downtown Cleveland, locals of B-Spot Burgers throughout the Midwest, and Angeline at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. He is also the author of five cookbooks, including Playing With Fire (Clarkson Potter, 2018). When he’s not working, Michael loves cooking at home, playing golf, gardening in the backyard and spending time with his wife Liz and their bulldog Ozzy.

Playing With Fire has SO many recipes in it that I want to try! Flipping through the pages, drooling over all of these photos, has me wishing summer would just show up already so we can fire up the grill!

Co-host of The Chew and celebrated Iron Chef and restaurateur Michael Symon returns to a favorite subject, meat, with his first cookbook focused on barbecue and live-fire grilling, with over 70 recipes inspired by his newest restaurant, Mabel’s BBQ, in his hometown of Cleveland. In preparing to open his barbecue restaurant, Mabel’s BBQ, Michael Symon enthusiastically sampled smoked meat from across America.

The 72 finger-licking, lip-smacking recipes here draw inspiration from his favorites, including dry ribs from Memphis, wet ribs from Nashville, brisket from Texas, pork steak from St. Louis, and burnt ends from Kansas City–to name just a few–as well as the unique and now signature Cleveland-style barbecue he developed to showcase the flavors of his hometown. Michael offers expert guidance on working with different styles of grills and smokers, choosing aromatic woods for smoking, cooking various cuts of meat, and successfully pairing proteins with rubs, sauces, and sides.

If you are looking for a new guide to classic American barbecue with the volume turned to high, look no further.

Reprinted from Michael Symon’s Playing With Fire. Copyright © 2018 by Michael Symon. Photographs copyright © 2018 by Ed Anderson. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.

This is one of the recipes that’s at the top of my list to make. Doesn’t it look amazing?! We use the grill a ton when the weather is nice, and don’t get me wrong, my husband can cook like a pro! But I’m really excited to try a few new things this season and get inspired with this cookbook!

Learn More

Playing With Fire is in bookstores now, and you can order your copy online from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. You can read more about it here. Be sure to check out Michael Symon’s social media profiles for more mouthwatering recipes: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

The Giveaway

The generous folks at Clarkson Potter are sponsoring this giveaway for See Mom Click readers!

One (1) winner receives:

  • Copy of Michael Symon’s Playing With Fire
  • plus a $50 Visa gift card to stock up on meats and veggies for grillin’ and smokin’!

This giveaway is open to US residents only, ages 18+, and will end at 11:59pm ET on April 16, 2018. Good luck!

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  1. My favorite thing to cook on the grill is either a nice steak or a burger. Love grilling beef.

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  2. I like to cook lamb on the grill. We grill lamb roasts, lamb burgers and even lamb kebobs. Even the kids love it

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  7. I love to grill chicken and veggies! I also use the grill and a cast iron skillet to cook my bacon. I can’t wait until grill season is here!

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  13. My fave thing to grill is a 4-5 lb Tri Tip marinated in Brown Sugar Bourbon marinade

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  18. I enjoy making chicken kabobs on the grill.
    Add a tossed green salad and you are good to go.
    thank you

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  22. Hamburgers and hot dogs are my favorite thing to grill. They have so much more flavor when cooked on the grill. Thank you!

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  26. Anything cooked on the grill is my favorite! I’ve been dabbling with smoking meats, and close to perfecting a skill I didn’t even think was possible… sooooo yummy!!!

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  39. My fiance’ loves to grill and use the smoker year round so he would LOVE this book. My favorite thing he grills is steak and chicken kabobs w/veggies.

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  44. My favorite food to cook on the grill is chicken. I also like roasting corn over an open flame!

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  45. My favorite thing to cook on the grill is shrimp. It doesn’t take very long, and the result is delicious!

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  46. I like making Kebobs on the grill. I use chicken, peppers, some kind of fruit and onions. They’re GOOD!

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  67. I like to cook a whole chicken on the grill, We use our grill a lot in the warmer months, grilling pork chops, hamburgers,chicken, brats you name it we grill it!!

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  92. I love to grill pizza, chicken and veggies! There are so many things that taste better on the grill.

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  105. my favorite is marinated portabello mushrooms, they set the stage for everything else on the gril!

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  116. Ooooh, this book seems so good! I love Michael Symon! I would have to say, my favorite thing to grill is definitely New York Strip! Although, I love so much on the grill!

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  125. My favorite is grilled asparagus wraped in bacon and drizzled with parmesan cheese. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  127. I am not the grill master, my boyfriend is, lol. I love to watch him grill steak and sausages!

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  128. We love to grill out in the summer and not heat up the kitchen! Our absolute favorite food is grilled chicken with barbeque sauce and homemade potato salad! I love the summer!

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  143. I like to grill bbq chicken breasts with my corn on the cobb. That is very good to me. Thanks so much.

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  154. A big juicy ribeye steak would be first with my favorite hamburger being 2nd I suppose. Love grilled food.

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  160. Although we’ve done everything from hot dogs, to steak, to chicken, to pizza, I think I most enjoy bbq chicken on the grill.

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  161. I love good beef kabobs with onion and pepper on the grill, grilled tomato on the side with rice and A1. I always want the same thing every time we pull the grill out for the first time each year.

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  172. My favorite thing to cook on the grill is steak. It’s so good. I look forward to every spring when I can pull out the grill.

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  178. I would have to say my favorite thing to cook on the grill is grilled vegetables and/or filets. They are so good.

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  191. My favorite thing to have cooked for me on the grill is probably cheeseburgers. Sometimes barbeque chicken too. I wish I could say it was vegetables!

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  197. Honestly, I love cooking anything on the grill and my favorite will depend on the day and what I am in the mood for. I guess my absolute favorite would be ribs

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  198. T-Bone Steaks are my favorite thing to cook on the grill, but, I love all grilled foods!

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  214. I am a girl with simple tastes. I love grilling a burger with grilled onions and melted cheese.

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