Steven Raichlen really knows the pleasure men get from cooking, the joy they take in having the skills, the need to show off a little bit. His Barbecue! Bible books have over 4.7 million copies in print—and now he leads his readers from the grill into the kitchen. Like a Joy of Cooking for guys, Man Made Meals is everything a man needs to achieve confidence and competence in the kitchen. Man Made Meals is about the tools and techniques (guess what, grillers, you still get to play with knives and fire.) It's about adopting secrets from the pros—how to multitask, prep before you start cooking, clean as you go. It's about understanding flavor and flavor boosters, like anchovies and miso, and it’s about essentials: how to shuck an oyster, truss a chicken, cook a steak to the desired doneness. It’s about having a repertoire of great recipes (there are 300 to choose from), breakfast to dessert, to dazzle a date, or be a hero to your family, or simply feed yourself with real pleasure. These are recipes with a decided guy appeal, like Blowtorch Oatmeal, Fire-Eater Chicken Wings, Black Kale Caesar, Down East Lobster Rolls, Skillet Rib Steak, Porchetta , Finger-Burner Lamb Chops, Yardbird’s Fried Chicken, Blackened Salmon, Mashed Potatoes Three Ways, and Ice Cream Floats for Grown-Ups.

Author Steven Raichlen has put his classical French training to delectable use in the service of low-fat bliss for health-conscious dessert lovers, miraculously transforming such naughty pleasures as Chocolate Silk Pie, Lemon Poppy Chiffon Cake, and Balinese Banana Split into healthy delights. As always, Raichlen provides complete nutritional analyses and careful instructions, so you'll be sure to have picture-perfect desserts every time.

Here, sizzling with flavor and dazzling with color photographs, is a new book of delicious proof that intense flavors and savvy cooking techniques can make low-fat eating a delight. High-Flavor, Low-Fat Appetizers offers provocative, attention-getting alternatives to the same old dips, chips, cheeses and crudites, notoriously short on flavor and high in fat. Accompanied by complete nutritional analyses, these lively and creative recipes are illustrated with photographs that prove they look every bit as good as they taste.