The Barbecue America Cook Book has been acclaimed by critics nationwide for its fresh, fun, and authentic  approach to America's oldest cooking style. People magazine called it "An awesome homage to backyard cuisine," Regis Philbin describes co-author Rick Browhe, Ph.B. (Doctor of Barbecue Philosophy), as "one of  America's leading barbecue experts," and Time magazine offered: "Here's all the culture, the competitions, the characters, plus more than 100 of the dangdest barbecue recipes ever." The Barbecue America  Cook Book and its twin, the PBS 13-part TV series Barbecue America, celebrate the diversity of the nation's  various regional barbecue styles, take readers and viewers to barbecue Meccas around the country, and, most important, teach people how to "cook up great Que" at home. The Barbecue America Cook Book is an  American gastronomic travelogue, mouthwatering in appeal, and both informative and innovative in its sharing  of regional barbecue recipes and techniques with backyard barbecuers from coast to coast, celebrating the diversity of the nation's various regional barbecue styles. The Barbecue America Cook Book happily shares  all the pageantry and homespun humor of the contests and places that make up the varied (and flavorful) world of smoking and grilling food -- and includes more than 100 recipes for the best barbecue that ever slipped between your lips. In many parts of the country, barbecue isn't just a way of cooking -- it's a way of  life. We present to you here our journey into its heartland.