Barbecue, Tiki Torches, and Trader Vic
Char siu pork. Photo by Richard Dallett. Don Draper from the TV series Mad Men defined nostalgia as “a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone.” Perhaps that explains the soft spot I...
View ArticleSteven Raichlen Predicts Barbecue Trends for 2017, Part 2
Last week we posted seven of Raichlen’s predictions for barbecue trends in 2017. Here are six more exciting trends. New steaks: This one pops up on my list every year, but the truth is, in our...
View ArticleYour Next BBQ Secret Weapon: Coconut
Coconut may not play a big role in your grilling, but in Asia it is a staple. Malaysians, Cambodians, and Indonesians all use coconut shell charcoal for grilling. Coconut milk goes into marinades and...
View ArticleProject Smoke Quiz: Barbecue Dishes from Around the World
What do you know about grilling/smoking specialties on Planet Barbecue? Test your knowledge of barbecue dishes from around the world with this short quiz. Learn more about world grilling in Planet...
View ArticleBarbecue Sauces from Around the World
Excerpt from Barbecue Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades—Bastes, Butters, and Glazes, Too Americans aren’t the only people obsessed with barbecue sauce. Grill masters across the world have endeavored to...
View ArticleSeoul Food: Pork Belly Breaks Out of the Bacon Mold
In 2004, the small food, wine, and travel publication I worked for devoted an issue to Korean-style barbecue. Little had been written about this cultural phenomenon, and we were confident our readers...
View ArticleThe Best Grilling Sauce on Planet Barbecue
There must be a thousand restaurants in Tokyo like the Izakaya-Tomotsu near the train station in the Chiyoda-Ku ward: eight stools lined up at an L-shaped counter; and outdoors, two rickety tables with...
View ArticleMake Asian Barbecue Sauces with Pantry Ingredients
This week, more than 20 percent of the world’s population began the celebration known as the Lunar New Year (also called Chinese New Year). For the next 12 days, millions of lives will revolve around...
View ArticleHow to Eat Obscene Amounts of Barbecue and Live to Tell the Tale
New Year, new you? We all know how that goes. You make a resolution to work out, go on a diet, lose a few pounds. Three weeks in, your will power has melted like last week’s snowfall. Especially, if...
View ArticlePyanggang Chicken (Blackened Coconut Grilled Chicken)
From time to time, we ask members of our barbecue community to write guest blogs, and I’ve been looking forward to this one for months! It comes from Alex Paman, one of the world’s foremost authorities...
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