mkwjr Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I am anxiously awaiting my KK to be delivered to complete my new outdoor kitchen. While i am waiting, this forum appears to be a great resource for recipes and advanced techniques, but i would love any recommendations for books Or other resources on the basics of using a ceramic cooker. Thanks! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygies Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Re: New to ceramic cooking It's a small world, and I don't know of a cookbook that does this justice. We've all learned by experiment and from each other. If one doesn't naturally cook with fire, it's possible a gift Komodo might not take. If one has grabbed every opportunity to milk the best out of whatever fire-cooking apparatus was available, I haven't heard of a single case of buyer's remorse. A good ceramic cooker (KK makes the best) is a pizza oven, tandoor, smoker, Weber, pie and bread oven, you name it, all at once. I'm a mathematician, we believe in going to original sources. The tandoor predates the KK by oh, thousands of years. One of my favorite cookbooks is Tandoor: The Great Indian Barbecue by Ranjit Rai, ISBN13: 9781585671441, ISBN10: 1585671444. Written for Indian audience, and alas out of print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNakedWhiz Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Re: New to ceramic cooking Mike, Here are a couple of suggestions for "cookbooks" written by Big Green Egg owners that contain a fair amount of how to information: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/cookbooks.htm Check out the top two entries. Good luck! Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdbower Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Re: New to ceramic cooking I liked Chris Lilly's book - probably the only cookbook I've read cover-to-cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkwjr Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Re: New to ceramic cooking Thanks for the helpful advice...I will have to check these out...maybe I can even find the Indian one online someplace. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hephaestus Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Re: New to ceramic cooking I suggest MASTERING BARBECUE, By Michael Stines. It is full of recipes, tips and techniques that can be easily applied to ceramic style cooking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
