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Canadian John

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Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« on: May 04, 2018, 10:26:44 AM »


 Every once in a while I'll pull down one of my BBQ cook books looking for ideas and remembering trying  something new that may or may not have worked... My favourite book is," How to Grill" by Steven Raichlen... He also had a show on TV, BBQ University that

was rather interesting, I thought.

 Being an older guy I tend to think books rather than the net.. Perhaps the question may be irrelevant to some of you.
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 12:03:30 PM »

I like the Meathead book and also Smoke and Spice.
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2018, 01:14:51 PM »

I actually have two favorites, both by Bruce Aidells.

The Complete Sausage Cookbook and The Complete Meat Cookbook.  This guy knows his stuff.
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2018, 01:54:58 PM »

Buxton Hall Book of Smoke and Meatheads book probably tie. I did enjoy the read of of Franklin's book as well.
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2018, 10:11:19 PM »

Pelletfan.com  :cool:

Cant sit down long enough to read a book but will sit for hrs reading this stuff.....

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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2018, 01:55:00 PM »

SERIOUS BARBECUE
    by Adam Perry Lang

To tell the truth, I don't own a copy
It's available in my local library and I just check it out 2-3 weeks this time of the year
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2018, 08:50:02 PM »

I use my local library with their extensive collection. Have read literally hundreds of cookbooks. Impossible to pick a favorite. I'm fairly young (40), but still prefer books to the net. They are more specific, organized, and the stories are sometimes worth a read. A few that come to mind from the bbq realm off the top of my head are:

Big Bob Gibson
Big ranch, big city
Churrasco
Latin grilling
Olympia provisions
Weber's greatest hits
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2018, 09:11:25 PM »

Hard to pick just one, like FMT, but I do recommend a few:

Peace, love and BBQ: mike Mills
big bob gibsons bbq book: chris lilly
smoke and spice: C. and B. Jamison
Paul Kirks Championship BBQ sauces
serious BBQ: adam perry lang
**Wiley's Championship BBQ: Wiley McCrary
The Stubbs BBQ cookbook
Slow fire : ray lampe

sorry, got carried away.  :bbq:
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2018, 09:46:51 PM »

2 of my favorites:
Franklin Barbeque - A meat-smoking manifesto (more than just a cookbook so a good read)
The Food Lab - J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
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Re: Do You Have a Favorite Cook Book?
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2018, 10:25:36 PM »

I do have one of Raichlen's books around here somewhere, but I'm not sure if I have read it yet. That's the only BBQ related book I have. 
The best cook book I have read is James Peterson's Sauces. Read it over to cover a few times. Paul Prudhomme's first book is my second most favorite. Books from Rytek Kutas and Stanley Marianski stay close to hand!  Great books if your into sausages and smoking them.
Others that I enjoyed are from Escoffier, Larousse Gastronomique , Le Repertoire De La Cuisine and the Joy of cooking.  These are basically reference books.
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