The Indoor Grilling Cookbook, Hardcover

This next volume in the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen series moves grilling indoors, with 28 enticing recipes and an introductory section that covers both the equipment--stove-top grill pans and electric indoor grills--and invaluable tips for using it.

The Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen takes on stove-top and countertop grills, developing 28 fast and flavorful recipes, from salads and burgers to mains and desserts--each dish designed to help you make the most of your indoor grill. With this idea-packed cookbook, you'll be able to enjoy delicious grilled meals year-round.

Contemporary indoor grills are durable, easy-to-use, easy-to-maintain, and absorb and retain heat well, qualities that translate to fast, even cooking for everything from meat and poultry to more delicate seafood, fruits, and vegetables. Plus, each grill boasts a specially designed cooking surface that means you won't have to forgo the signature sear marks that characterize the best backyard-grilled burgers and steaks, chops and sausages.

In addition to the enticing collection of recipes, the Indoor Grilling Cookbook outlines what makes an indoor grill a must-have kitchen tool and provides helpful tips on how to put this versatile cookware to work. These how-to sections, along with full-color photography of the finished dishes, round out this inspirational cookbook.

Belle English is a chef and manager of the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen. Born and raised in Boston, she fell in love with cooking and baking at an early age in her family's restaurants. After working in several of the city's kitchens, Belle founded and ran her own catering company. She is also a culinary illustrator, writer, and food stylist.

Devon Francis is a cook in the Williams Sonoma Test Kitchen. As a native Californian, she grew up eating locally grown ingredients and loves to highlight them in her cooking. She specializes in recipe development and is also a food stylist and photographer. She is a graduate of San Francisco Cooking School.