Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes

Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
by Steven Raichlen

Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes
List Price: $12.95
Our Price: $5.33
You Save: $7.62 (59%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.52 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: Steven Raichlen
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-05
ISBN: 0761119795
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company

Book Reviews of Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes

Book Review: Barbecue For Yuppies
Summary: 3 Stars

Mr. Raichlen has become an industry onto himself, complete with retail website. This book will sell a ton of copies no matter what I say, but I have some serious reservations about this cookbook.

The author has the gift of gab, which is a very good thing in this case. He has spent considerable time with the best of the barbecue pros, and it shows. Just reading through this one picks up a wealth of information, and you can't help but learn.

One problem is the recipes. A dirty trick is to present a fantastic recipe that relies on an obscure or hard to get ingredient, and this book is full of them. Most of these recipes will not become a part of your cooking repetoire. Another problem is that the majority of the recipes cover a wide range of international recipes. Traditional, american barbecue gets a scant 50 pages of the nearly 300 pages of this book. Even here, he favors the upscale and chic.

There is a tendency to favor the trendy, like flavor injectors and chutneys. He also goes through topics such as compound butters and flavored oils. Also, if you believe his side comments, all of his recipes go with all types of meats, seafoods and vegetables. In one of the more interesting sections, he has some rare recipes for mustards, ketchup, and hot sauces.

I also have one beef with the graphics of this book: many pages have a sidebar that is colored brown. As a result, it is hard to read the text in them.

This book seems to have been aimed at people who will probably never get within a country mile of a smoker. It covers a lot of ancillary subjects, and the topics covered range all over the place. This makes for very good reading, but little hard information. This book is closer to a personal diary than a cookbook. I can recommend this book because it is so interesting. However, if you are serious about barbecue, you will need a few other books beside this one in your collection. It certainly is not a "bible".

Summary of Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes

STEVEN RAICHLEN IS THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORITY...on international barbecue. The recipes in this book are finger-licking good...try them all! --Rich Davis, Creator of K.C. Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce

Transform meats and seafood into world-class barbecue with the flavor foundations, wet and dry, that give grilled food its character, personality, and soul. Chili-fired rubs, lemony marinades, buttery bastes, and pack-a-wallop sauces, mops, slathers, sambals, and chutneys - in over 200 recipes from around the globe, master griller Steven Raichlen shows how to add the expert touch to every dish in your repertoire, from a simply steak to an exotic kebab. Includes a short refresher course in grilling and a step-by-step guide to building a signature sauce.


Steven Raichlen, whose name needs no introduction to fans of The Barbecue! Bible, has spent years tasting the best barbecue the world has to offer. This global exposure is deliciously evident in his newest "bible," Barbecue! Bible Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes. Raichlen's latest cookbook offers a lively introduction to such saucy American standbys as Kansas City-style and Texas-style barbecue while paying due respect to such international grill classics as Indian tandoori, Argentinean chimichurri, Korean boolkogi, and Indonesian satay (the recipes for these, by the way, are carefully authentic as well as delicious). The most important lesson Raichlen offers is his careful explanation of the components of great barbecue, which builds upon different layers of flavor. Variously referred to as wet rubs, marinades, cures, bastes, glazes, or slather sauces, these layers are clearly defined and supplemented by dozens of recipes. How to deploy these layers? According to personal taste, says Raichlen, but he helpfully offers a peek at the structure of a "championship barbecue," which might start with a long deep soak in marinade, followed by a dusting of spice mix, before being basted and glazed during the cooking process. When the meat is ready to be eaten, it is served with a finishing sauce, slather sauce, dipping sauce, or chutney. Raichlen provides fascinating recipes for every step, from the Only Marinade You'll Ever Need to recipes for homemade ketchups and mustards, both classic slather sauces. Novices who have yet to light their first grill and seasoned smoke hands alike will find this guide inspiring and indispensable. --Sumi Hahn Almquist

Sauces, Salsa & Garnishes Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Sauces, Salsa & Garnishes Books
Fondue It! 50 Recipes To Dip, Sizzle, And Savor ImageFondue It! 50 Recipes To Dip, Sizzle, And Savor
by Silvana Franco
Running Press; Published: 2001-09-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $2.98
Price in other shops: $12.95
Floyd on Italy ImageFloyd on Italy
by Floyd
Michael Joseph; Published: 1999-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $76.06
Sauce ImageSauce
by Joanna Farrow
Hamlyn; Published: 2004-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.94
Price in other shops: $16.95
Fondue Cookery (Cooks in a Hurry) ImageFondue Cookery (Cooks in a Hurry)
by Carolyn Humphreys, Christine Smeeth
Foulsham; Published: 1998-09; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops: $9.95
Art of Garnishing ImageArt of Garnishing
by Inja Nam, Arno Schmidt
Wiley; Published: 1993-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $22.24
Price in other shops: $39.95
Homespun Cookbook ImageHomespun Cookbook
by Tamara Dubin Brown
Berkley; Published: 1996-02-01; Paperback; Book
Price in other shops: $6.50
The Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen ImageThe Spice Merchant's Daughter: Recipes and Simple Spice Blends for the American Kitchen
by Christina Arokiasamy
Clarkson Potter; Published: 2008-08-05; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.64
Price in other shops: $29.95
By My Side ImageBy My Side
by Mary Jo Eustace, Johanna Weinstein
Penguin Books Australia Ltd; Published: 1999; Paperback; Book
The Canadian Heritage Cookbook : A Celebration of Recipes from the Heart ImageThe Canadian Heritage Cookbook : A Celebration of Recipes from the Heart
by Edna McCann
Pearson Education Canada; Published: 1996; Hardcover; Book
Dish It Out : Simple Recipes That Inspire ImageDish It Out : Simple Recipes That Inspire
by Christine Cushing
Prentice Hall Canada; Published: 2000; Paperback; Book
Similar Books and other products
Dci Bbq Branding Iron For Personalized Grilling ImageDci Bbq Branding Iron For Personalized Grilling
Decor Craft Inc / DCI; Decor Craft, Inc; Decor Craft Inc / DCI; Lawn & Patio; Lawn & Patio
Best price: $13.58
Price in other shops: $18.99
Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue Barbecue Sauce Mop with Removable Head ImageSteven Raichlen Best of Barbecue Barbecue Sauce Mop with Removable Head
Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue; Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue; Steven Raichlen Best of Barbecue; Release date: 2005-03-01; Lawn & Patio; Lawn & Patio
Best price: $8.95
Price in other shops: $15.99
Smokin' with Myron Mixon: Recipes Made Simple, from the Winningest Man in Barbecue ImageSmokin' with Myron Mixon: Recipes Made Simple, from the Winningest Man in Barbecue
by Myron Mixon, Kelly Alexander
Ballantine Books; Published: 2011-05-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.00
Price in other shops: $22.00
Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill ImageBeer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill
by Steven Raichlen
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2002-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.05
Price in other shops: $12.95
Planet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries ImagePlanet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries
by Steven Raichlen
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2010-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.61
Price in other shops: $22.95
BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America ImageBBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America
by Steven Raichlen
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2003-04-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.96
Price in other shops: $21.95
How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques ImageHow to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques
by Steven Raichlen
Workman Press; Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2001-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.96
Price in other shops: $20.95
Paul Kirk's Championship Barbecue Sauces: 175 Make-Your-Own Sauces, Marinades, Dry Rubs, Wet Rubs, Mops, and Salsas (Non) ImagePaul Kirk's Championship Barbecue Sauces: 175 Make-Your-Own Sauces, Marinades, Dry Rubs, Wet Rubs, Mops, and Salsas (Non)
by Paul Kirk
Harvard Common Press; Published: 1997-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.74
Price in other shops: $12.95
Smoke & Spice: Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue (Non) ImageSmoke & Spice: Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue (Non)
by Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison
Harvard Common Press; Published: 2003-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.80
Price in other shops: $17.95
The Barbecue! Bible ImageThe Barbecue! Bible
by Steven Raichlen
Workman Press; Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2008-05-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.37
Price in other shops: $22.95