- Hardcover: 556 pages
- Publisher: Workman Publishing (6 Jan 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0761113177
- ISBN-13: 978-0761113171
- Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 21.2 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
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"The results will whisk you around the world, without ever having to leave your grill." -The New York Times
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With a lifelong curiosity for the affinity of food and flame, Steven Raichlen set out on a three-year adventure to experience live-fire cooking in 25 countries. He visited steak houses in Buenos Aires and sate stalls in Bali. He journeyed to Boston Beach to find Jamaica's best jerk, savored shrimp grilled on ember-filled hubcaps in Vietnam and vegetables seared on infrared gas grills in Tokyo. And back home he tasted the best ribs in Kansas City and Memphis and the finest of th slow smoked briskets of Texas.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There are more BBQ recipe books out there than you can shake a stick at... But believe me... this one is very different.
Recently I bought a Weber Gas BBQ, a really good one, but after using one of their charcoal grills for many years I was totally disillusioned. Dull, flavorless, limp offerings are the only way to describe my early efforts. It seems only after you have invested your small fortune in a gas BBQ do you learn the truth... You really can taste the difference.
Now I could have given up with it at that point, but I didn't.... I started looking for information on what I was doing wrong. Naturally you turn to the shelves full of recipe books, but that seems to be all they are. You might find the odd page or two at the beginning of the standard recipe book describing the differences between various grills, but really very little on how to get the best out of them.
This book is as much about technique as it is about recipes and that is precisely what I was looking for... not that the recipes are short on the ground either.. And they cover the world over... Just let the book fall open at any page and you will find something to inspire you... guaranteed.
The style of the book is also superb, from the wonderful photo's to Steve's stories around each of the 500 recipe's and backgrounds to the cultures he has explored in his global trek of Grilling nations. No dry, humorless list of instructions here... Each recipe is described as a tale of how he found it and its history.
One possible let down in the book is lack of any Metric measurements... perhaps the publishers should consider this for a future edition as I believe the audience for this book is far wider than the USA.
Even if you never BBQ this book has so much to offer in terms of how to prepare and enjoy food... If I had to choose just one cook book in my life this would be it hands down.
Forget the rest... This really is the Bible.
Recently I bought a Weber Gas BBQ, a really good one, but after using one of their charcoal grills for many years I was totally disillusioned. Dull, flavorless, limp offerings are the only way to describe my early efforts. It seems only after you have invested your small fortune in a gas BBQ do you learn the truth... You really can taste the difference.
Now I could have given up with it at that point, but I didn't.... I started looking for information on what I was doing wrong. Naturally you turn to the shelves full of recipe books, but that seems to be all they are. You might find the odd page or two at the beginning of the standard recipe book describing the differences between various grills, but really very little on how to get the best out of them.
This book is as much about technique as it is about recipes and that is precisely what I was looking for... not that the recipes are short on the ground either.. And they cover the world over... Just let the book fall open at any page and you will find something to inspire you... guaranteed.
The style of the book is also superb, from the wonderful photo's to Steve's stories around each of the 500 recipe's and backgrounds to the cultures he has explored in his global trek of Grilling nations. No dry, humorless list of instructions here... Each recipe is described as a tale of how he found it and its history.
One possible let down in the book is lack of any Metric measurements... perhaps the publishers should consider this for a future edition as I believe the audience for this book is far wider than the USA.
Even if you never BBQ this book has so much to offer in terms of how to prepare and enjoy food... If I had to choose just one cook book in my life this would be it hands down.
Forget the rest... This really is the Bible.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Over a 14 or 15 year period I must have bought hundred's and hundred's of books from Amazon.com and then Amaxon.co.uk. The Barbecue Bible is maybe the 3rd to move me to write a review.....
I'm sat on the couch now, enjoying the smug, satisfied feeling of a successuful BBQ for friends and family. It's a nice feeling.
I really enjoy bbq grilling but don't know much about cooking. I suppose it's a man thing. Fire, beer, meat...it all adds up to testosterone.
My wife bought this book for my birthday and it is a monster. There are hundreds of receipie's in this book and for my first bbq after receiving the book I picked three to try. My selection criteria was not exactly scientific....good photo, not many ingredients - let's give it a go.
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I can't recommend this book highly enough. I'm no cook but today I served up a brilliant meal that everyone loved and I'm thrilled.
I'm sat on the couch now, enjoying the smug, satisfied feeling of a successuful BBQ for friends and family. It's a nice feeling.
I really enjoy bbq grilling but don't know much about cooking. I suppose it's a man thing. Fire, beer, meat...it all adds up to testosterone.
My wife bought this book for my birthday and it is a monster. There are hundreds of receipie's in this book and for my first bbq after receiving the book I picked three to try. My selection criteria was not exactly scientific....good photo, not many ingredients - let's give it a go.
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I can't recommend this book highly enough. I'm no cook but today I served up a brilliant meal that everyone loved and I'm thrilled.
39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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This book is packed with fantastic recipes from all around the world and must have been an absolute joy to research! It has hundreds of recipes, all easily explained with wit and sometimes a little history too. I've only tried a handful, (will I ever get through them all?!) but all I get is compliment after compliment! Exotic sauces which may be difficult to come by are all given a local substitute making the most experimental dishes fun and easy. I highly recommend Steven Raichlen's other BBQ book about 'Sauces, Rubs and Marinades' for the die hard garden chef!! Excellent stuff!
This book is packed with fantastic recipes from all around the world and must have been an absolute joy to research! It has hundreds of recipes, all easily explained with wit and sometimes a little history too. I've only tried a handful, (will I ever get through them all?!) but all I get is compliment after compliment! Exotic sauces which may be difficult to come by are all given a local substitute making the most experimental dishes fun and easy. I highly recommend Steven Raichlen's other BBQ book about 'Sauces, Rubs and Marinades' for the die hard garden chef!! Excellent stuff!
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THE BARBEQUE BIBLE
THIS BOOK IS EXCELLENT FOR THE BARBEQUE LOVERS.IT CONTAINS EVERY THING ONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT BARBEQUING.The Barbecue! Bible: Over 500 Recipes
Published 1 month ago by Mr. R. C. Capeling
Phenomenal BBQs
Absolutely fantastic bbq book. It is very American in style, but in the field of BBQs, that's no bad thing. I would particularly recommend looking at the rubs section.
Published 2 months ago by AK
abundantly more than the minimum
this book is just a glorious, triumphant celebration of all things grill and barbecue that totally surpasses the norms of what we expect in a cookbook
Published 4 months ago by guppy
easily the best barbecue book out there.
I have three books from this auther; The barbecue bible is the most informative grilling book there is as far as i can tell, the saurces and marinade book has rubs, butters and a... Read more
Published 5 months ago by M. Poyner
Mustard !
All I'm going to say is.................GRAB YOURSELF A COPY............fantastic book and has everything I'm looking for to develop my grilling skills............ Read more
Published 7 months ago by JD
Barbecue Magic?
It's ok, but not inspiring. Too American oriented. Not enough about techniques for different types of barbecue. I use a gas barbecue, not a charcoal one. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dave the engineer
Good recipes, and writing, but where are the images?
I really like this book for the recipes and for its guidance on a lot of the styles of Barbecue cooking, but it has a few flaws. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mark Burns
Not great
Dont get me wrong, this book has in it hundreds and hundreds of recipes, the problem is that I think there are too many, and with only perhaps one photograph per 50 recipes the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Sarah
BBQ Genius!
Steve could not be more American if he tried but the guy knows his way around a grill and this book absolutely has it all. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Paul
Start praying.
This really is a bible. Excellent range of recipes covering everything from salads to drinks as well as meat. Really useful advice on meat preparation and very tasty end results.
Published 10 months ago by jf101
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