The Barbecue! Bible
by Steven Raichlen
from Workman Publishing Company

Editorial Review:

Now the biggest and the best recipe collection for the grill is getting better: Announcing the full-color edition of The Barbecue! Bible, the 900,000-copy bestseller and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.
Redesigned inside and out for its 10th anniversary, The Barbecue! Bible now includes full-color photographs illustrating food preparation, grilling techniques, ingredients, and of course those irresistible finished dishes. A new section has been added with answers to the most frequently asked grilling questions, plus Steven's proven tips, quick solutions to common mistakes, and more.
And then there's the literal meat of the book: more than 500 of the very best barbecue recipes, inventive, delicious, unexpected, easy-to-make, and guaranteed to capture great grill flavors from around the world. Add in the full-color, and it's a true treasure.

Now the biggest and the best recipe collection for the grill is getting better: Announcing the full-color edition of The Barbecue! Bible, the 900,000-copy bestseller and winner of the IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.

Redesigned inside and out for its 10th anniversary, The Barbecue! Bible now includes full-color photographs illustrating food preparation, grilling techniques, ingredients, and of course those irresistible finished dishes. A new section has been added with answers to the most frequently asked grilling questions, plus Steven's proven tips, quick solutions to common mistakes, and more.

And then there's the literal meat of the book: more than 500 of the very best barbecue recipes, inventive, delicious, unexpected, easy-to-make, and guaranteed to capture great grill flavors from around the world. Add in the full-color, and it's a true treasure.

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Featured Recipes from The Barbecue! Bible

Pancetta Grilled Figs

Lamb and Eggplant Kebabs

Lemon-Ginger Crème Brûlée

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• This guy knows his stuff!
  We have more than one of Steve Raichlen's books and love every single one of them! If you love BBQ this is a good book to have.

• Some Good Recipes
  This book is a great place to start (for someone who's a beginner), like me...
  I was looking for a series of books to give me ideas on how to use the
  BBQ Equipment, as well as a good selection of recipes...
  This book is one of the "must haves" in my kitchen...

• Fine for Raichlen newbies, but don't rush to upgrade if you have it already
  I want to get one thing out of the way right now: there is something odd about the Barbecue Bible franchise that has never quite sat right with me, and I've never been able to put my finger on exactly what it is. After seeing Raichlen's rise over the last ten years to become one of the US culinary scene's grilling gurus, I guess I was just flat out wrong. The Barbecue Bible is actually a pretty awesome book -- a whirlwind guide to live fire styles from around the world, all adapted as much as possible for... more info

• Too few photos
  The text part is great, but I was very disappointed that there are so few photos in the book. I would not have bought if I had known that.