About the Author
Bill Jamison was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1942. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Texas, and a graduate degree in American history from the University of Kansas. He worked as a professor at Southwest Texas State show more University in San Marcos and for the Texas Arts Commission and the Oklahoma Council on the Arts and Humanities. In 1977, he became a regional representative for the National Endowment for the Arts, then director of the Western States Arts Foundation in Santa Fe. He finally decided to become a travel and food writer. He wrote more than 20 travel books and cookbooks, most of them with his wife, Cheryl Alters Jamison. Their works included 100 Grill Recipes You Can't Live Without, The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining, Born to Grill, Smoke and Spice, and The Barbecue Lover's Big Book of BBQ Sauces. They also won four James Beard Foundation awards for culinary writing. He died of complications from cancer on March 24, 2015 at the age of 73. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: with Cheryl Alters Jamison
photo by Mary Jablonsky
photo by Mary Jablonsky
Works by Bill Jamison
Smoke & Spice: Cooking with Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue, on Your Charcoal Grill, Water Smoker, or Wood-Burning Pit (1994) 415 copies, 3 reviews
A Real American Breakfast: The Best Meal of the Day, Any Time of the Day (2002) 116 copies, 5 reviews
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The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico (1995) 185 copies, 2 reviews
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A very good read. This one is all about food and the descriptions make you salivate and drool and tempt you to hop on the next flight to that place. One small gripe, instead of being all about food, the folks could have woven more history about the places they visited. They sure true epicureans and foodies and have chosen some of the best spots world renown for their excellent cuisine.
One more good thing about the book, they have unearthed some rare gems which would have been hidden if not show more for their prominent mention (including address) in the book. show less
One more good thing about the book, they have unearthed some rare gems which would have been hidden if not show more for their prominent mention (including address) in the book. show less
A very good read. This one is all about food and the descriptions make you salivate and drool and tempt you to hop on the next flight to that place. One small gripe, instead of being all about food, the folks could have woven more history about the places they visited. They sure true epicureans and foodies and have chosen some of the best spots world renown for their excellent cuisine.
One more good thing about the book, they have unearthed some rare gems which would have been hidden if not show more for their prominent mention (including address) in the book. show less
One more good thing about the book, they have unearthed some rare gems which would have been hidden if not show more for their prominent mention (including address) in the book. show less
It is their twentieth wedding anniversary and the Jamisons decide to celebrate by taking a three-month trip around the world, stopping in places known for their excellent cuisine. The Jamisons make stops in Bali, Australia, Thailand, India, China, South Africa, and Brazil and find great food in every country.I had to read this book very slowly so that I could think about all the foods the Jamisons ate, foods I had never heard of, foods I had to look up. Surprising there are so many foods in show more this world that I’ve never heard of, not even in fifty years. Other than the odd foods, the other strange thing about this book was the way it was told in first person plural. It felt peculiar to hear a story told by two people in first person with off-and-on shifts into third person as one or the other of the Jamisons did something without the other member of the team. A little disconcerting.But, all in all, a nice little trip around the world…of food. show less
Please Purchase! I love this book. I have bought them for presents as well. So well written. There are tons of wonderful recipes... and I love some of the history and some clips from menus from long, long ago so you can see what they ate for breakfast. A MUST Have book.
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