Green Fire: Extraordinary Ways to Grill Fruits and Vegetables, from the Master of Live-Fire Cooking

A stunning cookbook celebrating the art of cooking over fire and vegetarian cuisine by world-renowned chef Francis Mallmann. In Green Fire, explore the flavourful potential of cooking vegetables—caramelized, charred, smoked, and always delicious—using chef Francis Mallmann’s acclaimed live-fire cooking method.

Divided seasonally, each of the more than 80 vegetarian dishes will become your main meal and not the side. Enjoy also Mallmann’s impressive seasonings, sauces, and finishings with Argentine influences. 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.

Filled with Mallmann’s masterful knowledge of live-fire cuisine, which he learned from his Patagonian upbringing, you will be the at-home outdoor cooking master thanks to this cookbook. Learn tips to tailor your cooking times and methods no matter the vegetable or texture, and how to easily adapt the recipes no matter the type of indoor or outdoor grill.

Featuring gorgeous photography, which beautifully exhibits the diverse colours and textures of his ingredients amid the picturesque views of Bodega Garzón in Uruguay, Green Fire is a celebration of Mallmann’s cultural experience of cooking over open fires, while revolutionizing simple ingredients.

About the Author

FRANCIS MALLMANN is the reigning star of food television in the Spanish-speaking world, and the most famous and popular chef in South America. His restaurants include Siete Fuegos at The Vines Resort & Spa in Argentina’s wine country; Patagonia Sur in Buenos Aires; El Garzón in Uruguay; 1884 Restauranté in Mendoza, Argentina (named one of Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants), and Los Fuegos in Miami, Florida. USA Today and The Times (U.K.) have named his restaurants among the top 10 places to eat in the world. Mallmann was also the subject of the Netflix documentary series Chef’s Table.