Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse
by John Stage, Nancy Radke
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Author: John Stage, Nancy RadkeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-03-17
ISBN: 1580089712
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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Book Review: Woo doggy, talk about finger lickin good!
Summary: 5 Stars
My significant other thinks that he is a BBQ master, I havn't had the heart to tell him that truely, 10% of what he BBQs comes out good. He likes to experiment with his own sauces (mostly beer, and a little bit or worcestershire), and always comes up with some weird side dishes that are kind of gross.
In order to encourage his fledgeling interest and guide him towards a more tasty way, I purchased this book for him. Well, more for myself but...you get the point!
At first he was a little hurt, but then I made the Mac n' Cheese shepherds pie, encompassing everything that he loves: meat, cheese, tabasco. He was skeptical, but ended up loving it and brought the leftovers to work to show off to all of his friends. The next night, we had chicken and andouille and peppers; he loved that even more, and he was sold on the book, read it front to back, and began testing out other recipes that he thought sounded good. We have loved everything so far, we've tried almost everything! I am particularly impressed by the side dishes - the cajun corn is amazing! I also like that they encompass a lot of new things for us - red bell peppers and other veggies especially.
We both now LOVE this book (me, especially). We have made almost every recipe out of it.
However, the true gem in this book is the cooking instruction, and the sauces and rubs.
It has a whole directory on how to cook different cuts of meat on the grill (HALLELUJAH!) and on the stovetop, what to cook it in, etc. And the sauces and rubs, hello! The mutha sauce is absolutely amazing and we now make it by the pound and put it in everything. The red rub is amazing. The creole seasoning is fantastic!
We LOVE these recipes because as novice cooks, they are easy to follow and outline exactly what you need to do and exactly when to do it. And even if you make an opps, it's salvageable because regardless it's gunna taste good.
Finally, there's tons of fun quotes and pictures in it....who doesn't like some entertainment when cooking?
Overall, it's the best cookbook that I've EVER found. There is not one recipe that we havn't liked so far!
Summary of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse
Features more than 100 flavor-packed recipes from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, the perennially popular, Syracuse-based, honky-tonk rib joint.The renowned Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is beloved by bikers, blues musicians, and barbeque aficionados for its famous barbeque and colorful regulars. Cooks can enjoy the Dino vibe at home with recipes like World Famous Dinosaur Ribs and Drunken Spicy Shameless Shrimp with Brazen Cocktail Sauce. Including everything from starters to desserts, plus house secrets behind the restaurant's famous pit-smoked specialties, this is one distinctively down-home, must-have cookbook.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que kicked into gear in 1983 when John Stage, a Harley-loving biker with a taste for barbecue, took to the road cooking sandwiches on a sawed-in-half 55-gallon drum at "biker gigs" up and down the East Coast. Stage sampled world-class barbecue in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Memphis, soaking up "the Southern barbecue vibe" (and picking up Creole, Asian, and Cuban influences along the way) before setting up shop in Syracuse, New York, in 1988. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: An American Roadhouse captures the reach-out-and-taste-it smell of slow-cooked barbecue that hits you two blocks away from the "genuine honky-tonk rib joint," where outfront a row of gleaming Harleys stand at attention and inside a sassy, ready-to-bust-your-chops wait staff cuts through the eclectic crowd of bikers, students, suits, and blues lovers (there's live music almost nightly), serving up half-racks of Dinosaur-Style Ribs, Texas Beef Brisket, and Honey Hush Corn Bread.
Between recipes for Drunken Spicy Shameless Shrimp with Brazen Cocktail Sauce and Not Your Mama's Meatloaf are samples of the restaurant's infamous restroom graffiti ("When life gives you lemons... add vodka") and photos of staff tattoos. Stage and coauthor Nancy Radke realize that not all backyard grill masters own smokers, let alone the kind of hickory-log-fueled industrial pits at the Dinosaur (nicknamed "The Coffin" and "The Doghouse"), so they present home cooks with a helpful Techniques of Outdoor Cookin' section that offers advice on how to grill and smoke with wood chips.
And no matter the season, this cookbook will quickly become a dog-eared favorite, as many of the more than 100 recipes are perfect for indoor cooking anytime of the year. Whip up a batch of the all-purpose Mutha Sauce (a versatile starting off point for many of the dishes) and you'll have enough ammunition for a weekend's worth of recipes. If you want to come any closer to living the complete Dinosaur experience at home, you'll need a Harley out front, a cold beer in hand, and Roosevelt Dean and the Spellbinders jammin' in the living room. --Brad Thomas Parsons
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