Plank Cooking: The Essence of Natural Wood
by Scott Haugen, Tiffany Haugen
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Book Reviews of Plank Cooking: The Essence of Natural Wood
Book Review: Instructional guide including numerous exceptional recipes
Summary: 5 Stars
Plank Cooking: The Essence Of Natural Wood is introduced by directions for preparing a plank of alder, hickory, maple, oak, or other wood. Simple pieces of beef, pork, poultry, or fish as well as all kinds of fruits and vegetables can be cooked on a plank over a grill or in an oven to give it a delicious, smoky flavor picked up from the plank. But the one hundred recipes by the much-traveled authors are for more involved recipes that are more flavorful using spices, cheeses, sauces, and other ingredients. Grilled Peaches with Vanilla Topping; Aciote Pork Roast; Whitetail Tenderloin with Blue Cheese; Snapper with Creamed Vegetables; and Oyster Bacon bites are only a few of the appetizing recipes that can be done with plank cooking. Plank cooking is not difficult. But you want to learn how to do it right by going to this simple instructional guide including the numerous exceptional recipes.
Book Review: Nice pictures, bad recipes
Summary: 2 Stars
I have to agree with a previous reviewer: The layout and pictures are well done and really interesting to leaf through/look at. The recipes however, are quite bad. Really bad sometimes. I personally think that it is really hard to ruin a nice salmon fillet, but this book achieves this in 2 of their 3-4 salmon recipes - the Xmas salmon and the one right before that (haven't tried the other two). Then there are all these other recipes that are just plain weird.
I am not going to burn this book as another reviewer suggested, but I will certainly keep it as a prime example of when a picture IS NOT worth a 1000 words. The authors here should really stick to photography for now and not subject anybody to their cooking until they have had more practice. A lot more.
Book Review: back to basics
Summary: 5 Stars
Plank Cooking opened my eyes to a new concept with the grill. My husband and I had never tried plank cooking. This book gave very clear instructions for preparing the plank and the different types of wood to use. My father ofen shares salmon with our family and I hate to admit it, but the fish is too "fishy" to savor. Using the plank created a whole new experience with older salmon. We savored each bite and our three boys couldn't get enough. This is an excellent book for people like me who need new ideas with the grill. Who knew you could carmalize onions with a plank on the grill? I look forward to more adventures with various types of planks. Dad, bring on the extra salmon.Book Review: Plank Cooking disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this book as a Christmas gift for my husband since plank cooking is a cooking style that we enjoy. We have been disappointed with this book. Each of the recipes that we tried was inedible and some have inconsistencies and inacuuracies in the recipes. I originally decided to purchase the book because I liked the photography and the layout and I can only hope that similar attention to detail will be added to the recipes themselves. We have now relegated this book to a new role as a fire starter.Book Review: cooking fish
Summary: 3 Stars
Tiffany's book introduced me to plank cooking, which I'd not done before.
Some recipes worked for me. Some didn't.
Despite my shortcomings as a chef, her book, overall, seems worthwhile.
Wayne Heinz, author of,How to Catch Salmon, Sturgeon, Lingcod, Rockfish, and Halibut Along the Pacific Coast: Fish On!