Quadrille signs ‘essential’ cookbook by live-fire expert 

Quadrille has signed Scorched, a “one-stop shop for recipes and practical advice” by Genevieve Taylor.

Sarah Lavelle, managing director, and Harriet Webster, commissioning editor, acquired world English language rights from Martine Carter at Sauce Talent with the book to be published on 28th March 2024.

Scorched is a recipe book designed to “help you get the most from cooking fish on your barbecue, beginning with the science of why we need to cook different types of fish in different ways and the physics of how fire works”.

Written by Taylor, a live-fire expert, the book “covers everything you’ll ever need to know about buying and cooking all kinds of fish, from cooking whole fish, fillets, shellfish, stuffed & wrapped, to burgers, fritters and skewers, fish in a pan and smoked fish, with more than 85 recipes”.

Taylor has authored 13 previous books, runs the Bristol Fire School and demonstrates live-fire cookery at food festivals all over the UK. She also has presented Radio 4’s “The Food Programme” and regularly contributes to the national press about barbecue.

She said: “One of my favourite things to cook over fire, and always evocative of sunshine and good times, fish is so quick and versatile to barbecue. With a reputation for being a little tricky, a sprinkle of science and lots of practical advice will make cooking all sorts of seafood easy and delicious.”

Lavelle added: “Gen is the undisputed star of live-fire cooking and a dream of a recipe writer. With Charred, Seared and now, Scorched, she has created the essential trilogy of barbecue cookbooks.”