Books
What follows is a pretty random selection of reference books and cookbooks that I’ve used over the years to inspire my cooking and further my beer, wine, and spirits education. Some of these books are obscure and/or out of print, so you might have to hunt around if you’re interested in reading them.
Meat, Butchery, and Charcuterie
Applestone, Joshua, and Jessica Applestone. The Butcher’s Guide to Well-Raised Meat. Clarkson Potter, 2011.
Farr, Ryan. Whole Beast Butchery. Chronicle Books, 2011.
Fearnly-Whittingstall, Hugh. The River Cottage Meat Book. Ten Speed Press, 2007.
Grigson, Jane. The Art of Charcuterie. Knopf, 1968.
Kaminsky, Peter. Pig Perfect. Hyperion, 2005.
Wilson, Tim, and Fran Warde. The Ginger Pig Meat Book. Lyons Press, 2011.
Grilling
Eds. of Cook’s Illustrated Magazine. The Cook’s Illustrated Guide to Grilling and Barbecue. America’s Test Kitchen, 2005.
Mallman, Francis, and Peter Kaminsky. Seven Fires: Grilling the Argentine Way. Artisan, 2009.
Raichlen, Steven. The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques. Workman, 2001.
Barbecue History and Lore
Berry, Wes. The Kentucky Barbecue Book. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.
Caldwell, Wilber W. Searching for the Dixie Barbecue: Journeys into the Southern Psyche. Pineapple Press, 2005.
Elie, Lolis Eric. Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country. Ten Speed Press, 2005.
Garavini, Daniel, and Gabriele Roveda. Pigs and Pork. Könemann, 1999.
Garner, Bob. North Carolina Barbecue: Flavored by Time. John F. Blair, 1996.
Mills, Mike, and Amy Mills. Peace, Love & Barbecue. Rodale, 2005.
Moss, Robert F. Barbecue: The History of an American Institution. University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Staten, Vince, and Greg Johnson. Real Barbecue. Globe Pequot Press, 2007.
Walsh, Robb. Barbecue Crossroads: Notes and Recipes from a Southern Odyssey. University of Texas Press, 2013.
Historic Cookbooks
Child, Lydia Maria Francis. The American Frugal Housewife. Forgotten Books, 2012.
Estes, Rufus. Rufus Estes’ Good Things to Eat. Dover Publications, 2004.
Fisher, Abby. What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking. Kessinger Publishing, 2012.
Hagen, Ann. A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food. Anglo-Saxon Books, 1998.
Nathan, Joan, and Esther Levy. Mrs. Esther Levy’s Jewish Cookery Book. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012.
Plymouth Antiquarian Society. The Plimoth Colony Cook Book. Dover Publications, 2005.
Price, B. Byron. National Cowboy Hall of Fame Chuck Wagon Cookbook. Hearst Books, 1995.
Simmons, Amelia. American Cookery. Tredition Classics, 2013.
Food, Travel, and Reference
Katz, Sandor Ellix. Wild Fermentation. Chelsea Green Publishing, 2011.
Mariani, John. The Dictionary of American Food & Drink. Hearst Books, 1995.
Stern, Jane. The Lexicon of Real American Food. Lyons Press, 2011.
Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. 500 Things to Eat Before It’s Too Late. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
———. Roadfood. Clarkson Potter, 2014.
American Cooking
America’s Test Kitchen. The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2014. Boston Common Press, 2013.
Beard, James. Beard on Food. Bloomsbury, 2008.
Choate, Judith, and James Canora. Dining at Delmonico’s. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2008.
Cook’s Country. The Complete Cook’s Country TV Show Cookbook. Boston Common Press, 2012.
Cunningham, Marion. The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: Anniversary Edition. Knopf, 1996.
Shopsin, Kenny, and Carolynn Carreño. Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin. Knopf, 2008.
Stern, Jane, and Michael Stern. American Gourmet. Perennial, 1992.
Beer
Aidells, Bruce, and Denis Kelly. Real Beer & Good Eats. Knopf, 1992.
Baron, Stanley Wade. Brewed in America. Literary Licensing, 2012.
Jackson, Michael. Michael Jackson’s Great Beers of Belgium. Brewers Publications, 2008.
Mosher, Randy. Radical Brewing. Brewers Publications, 2004.
Oliver, Garrett. The Brewmaster’s Table. Ecco, 2005.
Renfrow, Cindy. A Sip Through Time: A Collection of Old Brewing Recipes. Cindy Renfrow, 1995.
Smith, Gregg. Beer in America: The Early Years—1587–1840. Brewers Publications, 1998.
Wine
Asimov, Eric. How to Love Wine: A Memoir and Manifesto. William Morrow, 2012.
Bonné, Jon. The New California Wine. Ten Speed Press, 2013.
Lynch, Kermit. Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer’s Tour of France. North Point Press, 1990.
McInerney, Jay. Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar. Lyons Press, 2000.
———. A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine. Knopf, 2006.
———. The Juice: Vinous Veritas. Knopf, 2012.
Rosenthal, Neal. Reflections of a Wine Merchant. North Point Press, 2009.
Standage, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. Walker & Company, 2005.
Thiese, Terry. Reading Between the Wines. University of California Press, 2010.
American Whiskey
Cowdery, Charles K. Bourbon, Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey. Made & Bottled in Kentucky, 2004.
Gabanyi, Stefan. Whisk(e)y. Abbeville Press, 1997.
Waymack, Mark H., and James F. Harris. The Book of Classic American Whiskeys. Abbeville Press, 1997.
Tools, Accessories, and Ingredients
Most of the gear and tools you need for live-fire cooking can be found at your favorite kitchen or hardware store, but some specialty ingredients, meats, and seafood might be harder to find in your town. Use these resources to order them online.
Grilling and Barbecue Tools
Sur La Table
Grilling tools and accessories
ThermoWorks
Instant-read thermometers and digital timers
Williams-Sonoma
Grilling gear and grill baskets
Grills and Smokers
Brinkmann
Grills and smokers
Camerons
Stovetop smokers
Grillworks
Argentinean-style wood grills
Home Depot
Grills, smokers, accessories, and fuel
SpitJack
Tuscan grills and rotisseries
Weber
Grills, smokers, and accessories
Charcoal and Wood
B&B Charcoal
Lump charcoal and wood
Pimento Wood
Pimento chips, sticks, and charcoal
The Woodman LLC
Cooking wood and accessories
Ingredients
Bo Bo Poultry
Rare-breed chickens, guinea hens, and poussins
Fossil Farms
Exotic meats and game
Great Alaska Seafood
Prawns, lobster, salmon, and other seafood
Heritage Foods USA
Heritage-breed pork, beef, lamb, goat, and poultry
Murray’s Cheese
Halloumi, burrata, and other specialty cheeses
Penzeys Spices
Spices and salts, including curing salt
Rancho Gordo
Pinquito and other heirloom beans
Barbecue Restaurants
California (Santa Maria Barbecue)
Far Western Tavern
300 E. Clark Avenue
Orcutt, CA
The Hitching Post I
3325 Point Sal Road
Casmalia, CA
805-937-6151
Jocko’s Steak House
125 N. Thompson Avenue
Nipomo, CA
805-929-3565
Santa Maria Elks Lodge
1309 N. Bradley Road
Santa Maria, CA
Shaw’s Restaurant
714 S. Broadway
Santa Maria, CA
805-925-5862
Kentucky (Mutton and Sliced Pork Shoulder)
Collins Barbecue
531 East Main Street
Gamaliel, KY
270-457-2828
Frances’ Bar-b-cue
418 East Fourth Street
Tompkinsville, KY
270-487-8550
Moonlite Bar-B-Q inn
2840 W. Parrish Avenue
Owensboro, KY
270-684-8143
Old Hickory Bar-B-Que
338 Washington Avenue
Owensboro, KY
270-926-9000
Maryland (Pit Beef)
Chaps pit Beef
5801 Pulaski Highway
Baltimore, MD
410-483-2379
Pioneer Pit Beef
1600 North Rolling Road
Woodlawn, MD
410-455-0015
New Jersey
Henri’s Hotts Barbeque
1003 Black Horse Pike
Folsom, NJ
609-270-7268
Uncle Dewey’s Outdoor BBQ Pavilion
6931 Route 40
Mizpah, NJ
609-476-4040
New York (Cornell Chicken)
Brooks’ House of Bar-B-Q
5560 State Highway 7
Oneonta, NY
607-432-1782
Jim’s B-B-Q Chicken
20 Foundry Street
Candor, NY
607-659-4181
Phil’s Chicken House
1208 Maine Road
Endicott, NY
607-748-7574
Texas (Barbacoa)
Vera’s Backyard Bar-B-Que
2404 Southmost Road
Brownsville, TX
956-546-4159
My Restaurants
Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-963-3404
Fette Sau Philadelphia
1208 Frankford Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
215-391-4888
St. Anselm
355 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-384-5054
Spuyten Duyvil
359 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718-963-4140