Cooking outdoors makes food look irresistible, smell enticing and taste great. There's also a convivial atmosphere created by the combination of a hot smoky grill, platters of food, cool salads, chilled drinks and the relaxed open-air feeling. Nearly 200 recipes include spicy Mexican marinade; sardines with dukkah in vine leaves; prawns with green papaya salsa; fig and chicken salad; spiced beef in basil leaves; rosemary lamb kebabs; polenta corn cakes; barbecued onion rings; watercress tabouleh; green olive salsa; and, for the finishing touch, a raspberry, vanilla and almond slice.