The most ambitious book yet by America's bestselling, award-winning grill expert whose
Barbecue! Bible books have over 4 million copies in print. Setting out--again--on the barbecue trail four years ago, Steven Raichlen visited 60 countries--yes, 60 countries--and collected 309 of the tastiest, most tantalizing, easy-to-make, and guaranteed-to-wow recipes from every corner of the globe.
Welcome to
Planet Barbecue, the book that will take America's passionate, obsessive, smoke-crazed live-fire cooks to the next level.
Planet Barbecue, with full-color photographs throughout, is an unprecedented marriage of food and culture. Here, for example, is how the world does pork: in the Puerto Rican countryside cooks make
Lechon Asado--stud a pork shoulder with garlic and oregano, baste it with annatto oil, and spit-roast it. From the Rhine-Palatine region of Germany comes
Spiessbraten, thick pork steaks seasoned with nutmeg and grilled over a low, smoky fire. From Seoul, South Korea,
Sam Gyeop Sal--grilled sliced pork belly. From Montevideo, Uruguay,
Bandiola--butterflied pork loin stuffed with ham, cheese, bacon, and peppers. From Cape Town, South Africa,
Sosaties--pork kebabs with dried apricots and curry. And so it goes for beef, fish, vegetables, shellfish--says Steven, "Everything tastes better grilled."
In addition to the recipes the book showcases inventive ways to use the grill: Australia's Lamb on a Shovel, Bogota's
Lomo al Trapo (Salt-Crusted Beef Tenderloin Grilled in Cloth), and from the Charantes region of France,
Eclade de Moules--Mussels Grilled on Pine Needles.
Do try this at home. What a planet--what a book.