Blog entries tagged books

Ask Chef Mike: Grilling with Wood Planks

Lois Manno — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:11:16 +0100

Q: How do you use wood planks for grilling?

A: Wood planks add another dimension to smoke-cooking. It's the most fun you can have with smoke—without breaking the law! Read more on the Burn! Blog here.

Fiery Foods Bookazine to Hit Newsstands

Dave DeWitt — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:32:00 +0100

On June 28th, my latest publication, entitled “Popular Plates: Fiery Foods” will hit all the major newsstands in the U.S., including Barnes & Noble, Home Depot, Borders, Costco–all the ...

Buy Great Wine and Drink It, Too!

Kelli Bergthold — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:21:33 +0100

Latest dispatch from the Burn! Blog...

Have you ever stood in the wine section at your local grocery store or Costco and felt completely and utterly lost, unsure of which bottle is the right one for you? Finally, you no longer have to be a sommelier to bu...

Fiery Foods & BBQ Show Set to Open Friday

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:25:07 +0100

The 23rd annual show, beloved by foodies in the Southwest and elsewhere, takes place at the lovely Sandia Resort and Casino at the Tramway exit of I-25 north of Albuquerque. For the fifth year in a row, the show is sold out of exhibitor space.&nb...

The Digital Cookbook Revolution

Kelli Bergthold — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:03:22 +0100

Can’t decide what to make for dinner tonight? Having trouble with your pizza dough technique? Gone are the days of rifling through a library of cookbooks to find the best tiramisu recipe or the perfectly sized meal for a party of one. The next generation of food documentation is here, and it’s stream...

2011 Brings Media Expansion for Us

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:43:09 +0100

Here at Sunbelt Shows, the SuperSite's parent company, we are really looking forward to the coming year because of the new media projects we're launching—a digital magazine and a book publishing division. We owe it all to technological advancements that now make...

Founding Foodies a Hit with Reviewers

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:56:14 +0100

I'm pleased to note that my latest book, The Founding Foodies, is getting good reviews. Here's a sampling:

“You've put together a wonderfully detailed and rollicking culinary tale. It's one I will look forward to sharing ...

New DD Books Published

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:50:59 +0100

I'm pleased to announce the publication of two new books of mine. The first, 1001 Best Hot & Spicy Recipes, is a compilation assembled from my rather large recipe archives. I went through them and selected what I considered to be the best and most represent...

Food Books That Make You Think

Dave DeWitt — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:09:04 +0100

Food history is a relatively new scholarly discipline, going back only

Rick Browne's New Book Project

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:10:07 +0100

My good friend, Rick Browne of "Barbecue America" on PBS, has launched a new project entitled A Century of Restaurants and because he has to travel to 100-year-old (and older!) restaurants all over the country and photograph them, he needs help funding the project. He has found a publisher an...

On a Personal Note...

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:03:44 +0100

I have been exchanging emails with chilehead Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, who just bought a copy of The Complete Chile Pepper Book. He writes, "Got the complete chile pepper book in the mail today...nic...

What Do You Believe About Food?

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:08:30 +0100

Do You Believe Any of the Following Statements? 1. The "locavore" movement (shopping and eating locally) is a good practice. 2. Shortening food miles (the distance your food travels) helps the environment. 3. Organic gardening and farming techniques are superior to traditional methods. 4. GMOs (genetically modified o...

New Book Excerpt!

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:00:36 +0100

Here's an excerpt from my new book with Dr. Paul Bosland, The Complete Chile Pepper Book. The book is hardcover, 336 pages, 250 full-color photos, 85 recipes (with food shots). Is is organized like this:
--About Chiles
--Top 100 (or so) Chiles for the Garden
--Capsicum Cultivation
--Processing and Preservation

Chile Pepper Institute Now a Tourist Destination!

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Dateline Las Cruces, New Mexico. For years, research done by New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute has helped promote New Mexico's State Vegetable (really a fruit). Now, the Institute itself (and its chile peppers) is on the map, literally, as a "must-see" destination in Rand McNally's 2010 Road Atlas "Best of the Road" ...

Rick Browne Joins SuperSite

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100

Rick Cracks Up Gwyneth at the Great Grill-Off

Barbecue expert Rick Browne is teaming up with us here at the SuperSite to strengthen our coverage of grilling and smoking. For the past seven years, Rick has produced and hosted "Barbecue America," which is shown on PBS and reaches 230 markets in the U.S. A writer, photographer, pitmaster, restaurant cr...

Big Bob Gibson BBQ Book is Great!

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +0100

I received an advance reading copy of Chris Lilly's Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book, and I've read most of it. Chris is an acquaintance of mine, and I watched him demonstrate his technique for pulled pork at Kingsford University in Arizona a few years ago (article is here). I expected his book to be good--after all, he is a 10-time world cham...

New Mexico Book Awards

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Saturday night at the NMBA Banquet, I was thrilled to learn that I had one won two awards, Best Cookbook for Cuisines of the Southwest (Golden West Publishers), and Best Novel--Adventure or Drama for Avenging Victorio (Rio Grande Books). It's just my 15 seconds of fame, but it sure felt great! Time constraints prevented me from delivering my winner's speech: "Because of these awards, I...