Synopses & Reviews
Project Smoke is the How to Grill of smoking, both a complete step-by-step guide to mastering the gear and techniques and a collection of 100 explosively flavorful recipes for smoking every kind of food, from starters to desserts.
Project Smoke describes Raichlen’s seven steps to smoked food nirvana, including 1. Choose Your Smoker; 4. Source Your Fuel; 7. Know When Your Food Is Done. There’s an in-depth rundown on various smokers; the essential brines, rubs, marinades, and barbecue sauces; and a complete exposition of woods: and ways to smoke—cold smoking, hot smoking, smoke-roasting and smoke-braising. Then the recipes, all big-flavored dishes. Bacon-Crab Poppers. Cherry-Glazed Baby Back Ribs. Slam-Dunk Brisket, Porkstrami, and Jamaican Jerk Chicken. Even desserts and cocktails—Smoked Chocolate Bread Pudding or a Mezcalini, anyone?
Illustrated throughout with gorgeous full-color photographs, it’s a book that inspires hunger at every glance, and satisfies with every recipe tried.
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“Nothin’ but great techniques and recipes. I am especially excited about the Smoked Cheesecake recipe.” Aaron Franklin, author and chef/owner Franklin Barbecue
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“If your version of heaven has smoked meats waiting beyond the pearly gates, then Project Smoke is your bible.” Tom Colicchio, author, chef/owner Crafted hospitality, and host of Top Chef
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“Steven Raichlen really nails everything you need to know. As someone who has been smoking meat his whole life, even I found new ground covered in this smart, accessible book.” Myron Mixon, author and host of BBQ Pitmasters, Smoked, and BBQ Rules
Synopsis
He’s grilled. He’s barbecued. He’s beer-canned, roasted, seared, sautéed, baked, and broiled. And now, he’s smoking.
Welcome to Project Smoke, Steven Raichlen’s comprehensive book on all things smoked, with recipes that range from classic (Big Bad Beef Ribs, Smoke-tisserie Chicken, Vinegar-Sauced Pork Shoulder) to adventurous and enticing (Hay-Smoked Mozzarella, Smoked Cassoulet, Lamb Belly with Sriracha and Lime, Smoked Apples with Maple Cream). An informative how-to chapter covers the basics of smoking, the must-have equipment, and an overview of the available home smokers.
The recipes are adaptable to the smoker or grill that you have. Appearing throughout are lively boxes, such as The Path to Brisket Nirvana, A Crash Course in Jerky, and A Guide to Curing Salts. The result? Succulent home-smoked food that intoxicates, i.e., Smoked Beef Tenderloin, Buccaneer Chicken, Double-Whiskey Smoked Turkey, and the perfect rack of ribs—described by Steven as “smoke-bronzed bones rising from a sizzling pepper-flecked crust.” It’s okay to drool.
About the Author
Steven Raichlen is America’s “master griller” (Esquire). His books have won James Beard and IACP awards and Planet Barbecue! was a New York Times bestseller. Articles by him appear regularly in The New York Times, Food & Wine, and Bon Appetit, and for the past dozen years he's taught the sold-out Barbecue University, first at the Greenbrier and currently at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. His 13-episode PBS series, Project Smoke, launched in summer 2015 and is expected to air in more than 90% of PBS markets by summer 2016. He and his wife live in Miami and on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.