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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 641.5784 EAN: 9781580086608 ISBN: 1580086608 Label: Ten Speed Press Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: April 15, 2005 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Studio: Ten Speed Press Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Not sure what I expected!I was in the process of setting out on a bar b que tour and had solicited the names/locations of restaurants from the Motorcycle Tourers Forum. One of the forum members recommended the book. The book was an entertaining read. I did get a couple of ideas of places to visit. Not sure what I expected from the book, so I'm not disappointed but it was not a definative list of bar b que joints. Rating:  - Smokestack Lightning Strikes Gold!LOVED IT! I purchased the book for research purposes and couldn't put it down. What a marvelous education about the history, evolution and pure love of barbecue! The pictures are excellent and Lolis Eric Elie really made the stories come to life, as if I was traveling along with him. It certainly sparked a new-found interest in barbecue for me and I couldn't wait to read more. Check out Cornbread Nation II - another brilliant book edited by Lolis. Rating: - Excellent reading and so much more than just a food book !I bought this book after reading John Thorne's comnments on it in his excellent book "Serious Pig". Barbecue means something very different in Australia so the draw of a book on great American BBQ was a seller and yet this book is so much more than a book about food - its a travelogue, bursting with characters, stories and some superb photographic work which illustrates what is obviously a labor of love for the author - its a fascinating and superb read if you enjoy reading about food ... Read More Rating: - Great read.First off, if you are buying this book expecting a cookbook, don't. Buy it because it is a hell of an entertaining read instead. The book itself is one man's story of traveling the backroads of the US searching for and eating a lot of good barbecue. It is also his opinion of what makes good barbecue - some folks take exception to what his opinions are. This is almost always the way with barbecue. As with religion and politics, an almost certain way to start an argument at a party is do discuss ... Read More Rating: - BarbequeI have not finished reading the book yet but thus far the author is doing a very thorough and detailed accounting of the origin of barbeque, various styles and some places with good barbeque. The author seems to be a little harsh on those that do not barbeque in the most primative and rustic way. A well run place like 'Corky's' in Memphis, which I've been to, is downrated as being too slick. Too clean and organized. He prefers shacks where the meat is cooked for 12 hours in a pit and served in ... Read More 
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