ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen Unveils New Barbecue Cookbook

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 26, 2012) - ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen has released its latest special edition cookbook - From the Grill. This commemorative cookbook contains 100 favourite grilling recipes to celebrate ATCO Gas's 100 years of providing safe, reliable, natural gas service to Albertans.

Packed with tips on outdoor cooking and barbecue safety, the cookbook features a sizzling collection of recipes including savoury appetizers, flavourful marinades, tender slow roasts, freshly baked biscuits and sweet desserts.

"Your basic backyard barbecue will become an effortless cooking adventure," said Sarah Francis, Manager, ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen. "Through our extensive testing, we have perfected these grilling recipes and not only are they easy to follow, they are delicious."

The price of From the Grill is just $10. This cookbook is now available at ATCO Gas and ATCO Electric offices throughout Alberta, the toll-free cookbook order line at 1-800-840-3393, or www.atcoblueflamekitchen.com.

The ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen is a service provided by ATCO Gas. ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen has provided Albertans with natural gas safety information, energy efficiency tips and household advice related to food, cooking, general nutrition, laundry and household problems for more than 80 years. Visit us online for great recipes, how-to videos, kitchen safety tips and more at www.atcoblueflamekitchen.com or call 1-877-420-9090 toll free. ATCO Gas is celebrating 100 years of heating homes and warming communities in Alberta. As an Alberta based, province-wide natural gas distribution company, ATCO Gas serves more than one million customers in nearly 300 Alberta communities and is part of the ATCO Group of Companies.

ATCO Group, with more than 8,800 employees and assets of approximately $12 billion, delivers service excellence and innovative business solutions worldwide with leading companies engaged in structures & logistics (manufacturing, logistics and noise abatement), utilities (pipelines, natural gas and electricity transmission and distribution), energy (power generation, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and liquids extraction) and technologies (business systems solutions). More information can be found at www.atco.com.

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