Francis Mallmann is an Argentine grill master. Author of Seven Fires and Mallmann on Fire he
is known for his primal style of live-fire meat cookery?and until recently he treated
vegetables as a condiment or side dish. Now in the highly anticipated The Green Fire Mallmann
shares his recipes and secrets for perfect grilled vegetables and fruits creating dishes with
the same elemental rugged style for which he is world-renowned. With the goal of creating
dishes that are better for our health and for the health of our planet Mallmann uses the same
live-fire techniques he has mastered in cooking meats to transform every vegetable into a dish
as satisfying as a prime-cut steak. Pineapples are hung over a fire with butcher's twine and
beets are buried in its coals. Tomatoes are burnished on the cast-iron plancha to intensify
their flavors. Whether slathered seared baked blackened or fried over the flames
Mallmann's fire-cooked vegetables are full of flavor and personality. Spring artichoke and fava
salad salt-baked beets with lemon confit and cabbage steaks with a mustard-fennel crust are
just a few of the stars. And desserts and cocktails are included too! Evocative photos
showcase the food the fire and Mallmann's magical setting in South America. The Green Fire is
the book fans of Francis Mallmann's have been waiting for: the art of grilling with vegetables.
