The recipes range from the typical barbecue fare, such as hamburgers, steaks, kebabs, to more ambitious meals such as leg of lamb, hot smoking sides of fish, grilled desserts.

Potter's recipes range in complexity from buttermilk pancakes to duck confit, and all seem like fine occasions for unleashing one's inner geek.

In all, there are about 200 recipes in the book, ranging from seared Hawaiian ahi with Japanese salsa to the Queen's English trifle to brisket and tsimmes.

Their recipes range from malt loaf ('ease itself!')

The recipes range from simple (spiced pecans) to challenging (raspberry caramel napoleon).

But "frugal doesn't always mean light," said Mr. Smith, whose recipes range beyond chicken and fish to scrapple, sausage and deep-fried pork chops.

The recipes range from Kentucky corn bread to Indonesian soybean cake with red chilies to chicken with garlic and ginger from Madagascar.

Danielle Maestretti of UTNE Reader said that the recipes range in appeal and complexity.

The child-tested recipes range from apple crisp to peanut-butter balls.

This year's recipes range from a simple preparation of endive stuffed with herbed cheese to a complicated marinated shrimp dish.