Morels
Author: Michael Kuo
Join the hunt for one of the most sought-after mushroom marvels---the elusive morel
"Michael Kuo offers an engaging survey of a diverse group of fungi whose fruiting bodies are among the most prized edible mushrooms. Morels is a lavishly illustrated poem that will be relished by amateur and professional mycologists alike."
---Nicholas P. Money, author of Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists
Filled to the brim with information about the science and sport of finding, identifying, and savoring these world-renowned fungi, Morels is a far-ranging, reader-friendly book about one of America's most popular and passionately pursued outdoor activities.
Author Michael Kuo brings years of morel-hunting experience to Morels, delivering detailed information in an engaging, readable style to seasoned morel hunters and beginners alike.
Morels includes extensive information on the art of hunting morels and on current scientific knowledge regarding these delectable fungi. In addition, Kuo compiles easy-to-understand information on the latest scientific research into morels, from studies into how they grow to DNA-based classification of species.
With over two hundred color photographs.
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Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country
Author: Lolis Eric Eli
LOLIS ERIC ELIE is a columnist for the TimesPicayune. He lives in New Orleans.
FRANK STEWART is the photographer of Wynton Marsalis's Sweet Swing: Blues on the Road. He lives in New York City.
Publishers Weekly
While traveling with the Wynton Marsalis Band, Elie as road manager, Stewart as the photographer for Marsalis's book, Sweet Swing Blues on the Road, the authors consumed so much barbecue, they decided to go off on their own and write a historical, cultural and culinary study of this type of cooking. Driving through the Midwest and the South in their 1981 Volvo, with a tape of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lighting" for company, they visited nearly 50 barbecue restaurants, talking to cooks, taking pictures and evaluating the food, most of which was undistinguished. The book abounds in local color and graphic details of barbecue preparations; the description of how cows' heads are cleaned at one place in Brownsville, Texas, is particularly grisly. Stewart's photographs include shots of many of the people they interviewed as well as studies of severed hogs' heads and intestines. Some of this is interesting, but a little barbecue research, like barbecue itself, goes a long way. Recipes, a barbecue bibliography and the addresses and phone numbers of the restaurants they visited are included. (May) FYI: Elie is now a columnist for the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
Library Journal
Can a country controlled by convenience foods still care about real food? This is one of the questions the author and photographer of this work ponder as they set off in search of the best barbecue in America. Traveling from Texas to the Carolinas and points in between, the authors present such passionate and vivid profiles of individual restaurants and barbecue joints that, after reading the descriptions of barbecuing cows' faces and pigs' snouts, some readers may consider becoming vegetarians. While other recent barbecue books such as John Willingham's Real Bar-B-Q (LJ 5/15/96) focus more on recipes and cooking techniques, Smokestack Lightning includes bits and pieces of barbecue history, legends, and lore as Elie attempts to determine barbecue's role in American culture. Libraries with large cooking collections or a special interest in this subject, or those in the barbecue belt, should consider this title.John Charles, Scottsdale P.L., Ariz.
Table of Contents:
| By Way of Introduction | ||
| Ch. 1 | Of Blues and Barbecue: Memphis and Environs | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Toward a History of Barbecue | 25 |
| Ch. 3 | Texas | 32 |
| Barbecue on the Border: Brownsville | ||
| Juneteenth: Homecoming and Reunion | ||
| The Barbecue Belt: Middle Texas | ||
| XIT: of Icons and Emblems | ||
| Ch. 4 | Sexual Implications | 67 |
| Bright Lights on a Small Stage | ||
| In the Province of Men | ||
| Ch. 5 | Chicago/East St. Louis | 81 |
| Midwestward Migration | ||
| A Crisp Extravagance: East St. Louis | ||
| Wait Till We Get to Chicago! | ||
| Ch. 6 | Arkansas Travels | 109 |
| Ch. 7 | The Competition Circuit | 115 |
| Ch. 8 | More American Than Apple Pie: The Poetics of Barbecue | 135 |
| Ch. 9 | Going to Kansas City | 141 |
| Ch. 10 | The Carolinas | 155 |
| The Irrelevance of Geography | ||
| In the Buckle of the Belt: South and North Carolina | ||
| Ch. 11 | Other People, Other Places | 177 |
| Ch. 12 | Tradition and Transition: A Dinosaur Without a Mate | |
| Epilogue: Nostalgic Impressions | 196 | |
| Final Courses | 201 | |
| Acknowledgments | 227 |
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