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Al Roker Cooks Up
The Big Bad Book of Barbeque
Reviewed by Madelyn Miller
 Al
Roker is my idea of a Renaissance Man. He can cook. He can Barbeque. He is
funny. He wrote a parenting book. And now he wrote a cookbook. Add to that
the fact that the cartoons in his cookbook are his very own, he does weather
for NBC TV Today Show and that he is a TV person on the Food Network.
I just wish he would invite me for dinner. This Texas
girl loves Barbeque—and anyone who can cook it. I would even be happy if he
invited me to be a taste tester.
Al Roker, NBC-TV Today's weatherman, best-selling
author, and self-professed foodie will release his second book, THE BIG
BAD BOOK OF BARBEQUE this Father's Day, 2002. The book, published by
Scribner, will be a collection of about 100 recipes from the Roker family as
well as classic backyard fare, hot grilling tips, barbeque wisdom, Al's very
own cartoons, and plenty of four-color photographs of Al in action with
tongs and big spatula.
Roker's book on parenting, Don't Make Me Stop this
Car!: Adventures in Fatherhood, which was published in hardcover by Scribner
last Father's Day (2001) and spent four weeks atop the New York Times
bestseller list, was just released in trade paperback by Fireside. As
follow-up to his first success and as authority in all things "Dad," Roker
offers THE BIG BAD BOOK OF BARBEQUE
for Father's Day 2002, the unofficial start of the grilling season.
"Father's Day is a good moment in the backyard. The
grills are clean and everyone is on their best behavior," says Roker. "Food
is such a big part of life, and I hope that THE BIG BAD BOOK OF BARBEQUE
adds new fire to the art of hanging out in the backyard with your family and
grilling great food."
To correspond with the release of the book, the Food
Network will air a new Al Roker special, Al Roker's Big, Bad Book of
Barbeque on June 9th. The Food Network special will take
viewers on a "behind the scenes" look at how a cook book is made, as well as
cooking demonstrations from Al's favorite recipes, and tours of the
country's most popular barbeque restaurants and events, including Memphis in
May.
Al Roker is seen daily by six million viewers on
NBC-TV's top-rated Today show. In addition, Al produces and stars in three
to four specials a year on the Food Network, including "Al Roker's World
Championship Barbeque" and "Al Roker's Bahamas Reunion." He has visited
many of America's great barbecue festivals, including Memphis in May and the
Cleveland Rib Burn Off. He is involved with the charity for young chefs
called the C-Cap Foundation in the Bronx and writes a monthly column for
Parents magazine. He lives in New York City with his wife, ABC News 20/20
correspondent Deborah Roberts, and their two daughters.
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