BBQ Days, BBQ Nights

Make impressive entertaining look and feel effortless with these knock-out barbecue recipes. This is the ultimate go-to guide for entertaining – you'll find 20 menus, each featuring a drink, nibbles, a dip, the platter, a side, some extra carbs and a dessert. All customisable, all incredibly delicious. With recipe chapters divided by season, you'll find go-to grilling ideas and menu suggestions for every occasion, whatever the weather. Honeydew and Jalapeño Sours, Charred Tomato 7-layer Dip, Sticky Agrodolce Sausages, Curried Brown Butter Potato Salad, Grilled and Chilled Peppers with Harissa, Pineapple and Lime, and Tequila Macerated Strawberries are just a handful of the dishes you'll find in this selection of showstoppers. Fire up your barbecue, fill your glass and invite your friends – grilling has never been so stylish.

Helen Graves is a cook, food writer and editor. She specialises in barbecue, and is the author of the barbecue bible Live Fire, which was shortlisted for a Guild of Food Writers Award 2023. She is also editor of Pit, an independent food magazine. She won Editor of the Year: Food and Drink at the British Society of Magazine Editor's Awards 2020, and the Food Magazine Award at the Guild of Food Writers Awards 2023. Helen lives in South London with five barbecues and two cats.