Cook It Outdoors , first published in 1941, is a classic guide to preparing, cooking, and serving delicious food from the grill and kitchen of legendary chef James Beard (1903-1985). From drinks (mint juleps, Tom Collins, zombies, etc.), salads, soups, grilled meats and vegetables, breads, and desserts, Beard provides a complete range of original recipes sure to please every taste. Cook It Outdoors includes a dozen different hamburger recipes; a range of many easily prepared, flavorful barbecue sauces and salad dressings; and how to choose and cook meats including beef, chicken, pork, lamb, and fish, plus the more exotic cuts such as pheasant, goose, partridge, quail, and venison. As the original dust-jacket stated: Cook It Outdoors “is a man’s book written by a man who understands not only the healthy outdoor eating and cooking habits, but who is an expert at the subtle nuances of tricky flavoring as well.” JAMES BEARD is why you are a foodie today. He was, with Julia Child, one of the two most influential chefs and food writers in America, championing both French cooking and the preservation and maintenance of great local food traditions to average home cooks. He was a prolific writer, producing twenty-one books, including "James Beard s American Cookery" and countless magazine articles; a tireless teacher; and early television personality and product promoter. The James Beard Foundation, which administers the industry s most influential awards and meaningful scholarships, was founded in his honor after his death in 1985 and is headquartered in his townhouse in New York City s Greenwich Village.