With its fervent aficionados, traditions, and wildly varying regional styles--each with its passionate advocates--barbecue is much more than a way of cooking meat: It’s a cultural ritual. A history as entertaining as it is informative, this book is the first to explore American barbecue’s regional roots. Nationally renowned food commentator Mike Witzel takes readers on an eye-opening (and mouth-watering) tour of the histories, techniques, culture, competitions, traditional side dishes, and classic hot spots associated with barbecue’s four major regionally based styles.
With hundreds of photographs and illustrations, print ads, signage, and more, this account offers a rich picture of American barbecue in Texas, North Carolina, Memphis, and Kansas City (home to at least 100 barbecue restaurants and the world’s largest annual barbeque contest). Pork or beef, sweet or spicy, marinated or rubbed, basted or slathered in sauce, cooked slowly or seared, over coal or wood chips, here are the styles from which all American barbecue is derived, in all their rich flavor and folklore. For those who wish to do further research, the book provides a listing of top barbecue joints in all 50 states.
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Nationally renowned food commentator Mike Witzel takes readers on an eye-opening (and mouth-watering) tour of the histories, techniques, culture, competitions, traditional side dishes, and classic hot spots associated with barbecue’s four major regionally based styles. With hundreds of new and period photographs and illustrations, print ads, signage, and more, this book offers a rich picture of American barbeque in Texas, North Carolina, Memphis, and Kansas City. In addition, Witzel provides a listing of top barbecue joints in all 50 states.
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Mike Witzel is the award-winning author of more than two dozen books, including the MBI bestsellers Route 66 Remembered, The American Gas Station, The American Diner, and, most recently, Legendary Route 66. He has appeared on Discovery Channel’s World’s Top Ten Fast Food Restaurants and Tailfins and Drive-ins; Food Network’s Unwrapped: Drive-In Restaurants; and History Channel’s American Eats: History on a Bun.
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This is a nice book with great stories, plenty of great pictures, and reviews of some great barbecue joints. I don't think that you would be at all disappointed. The reason that I rated 4 stars, rather than 5, is that it lacked on original recipes.
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"Barbecue Road Trip: Recipes, Restaurants & Pitmasters from America's Great Barbecue Regions" by Michael Karl Witzel ($30, Voyageur Press, 192 pp.). Witzel took on the Herculean task of trying to encompass the four major barbecue regions - Kansas City, Memphis, North Carolina and Texas. Further, he crammed it full of pictures - 250 in 192 pages. So with a lot of information and a lot of pictures, something had to give, right? Well, it was the recipes. There are only about two dozen included here, although they are set off in a graphically pleasing format that brings to mind a lined index card. So is it a problem to be light on the recipes? Not necessarily, especially when you deliver on content and illustrations to the degree that Witzel did here. Just know going in that there is a difference in this book and many others that fill up page-after-page with recipes and go light in other ways. If you're a fan of barbecue (and if you're not, what are you doing here), then you'll love this book.
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Wonderful book,
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I saw this book at a friend's house. He is actually in the book, a pitmaster at one of the BBQ's featured in the book, so it was of special interest to me. The rest of the book is just as interesting! I can't wait to try some of the BBQ's in other areas!
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