James Whetlor

Whether you want to cook a BBQ on the beach, at a campsite, in your garden or even on your balcony, James Whetlor showcases over ten different BBQs you can actually build yourself. You’ll never use a store-bought instant BBQ tray again as James guides you through the DIY BBQ section with handy illustrations, photographs and tips and techniques. BBQs include a Konro – a small portable Japanese grill, a Washing Machine Drum BBQ, a Tandoor oven made from a flowerpot, an Open-faced Grill made from bricks or breeze blocks, a Simple Dutch Oven, and a Whole Pig Smoker. There’s even an Oil Drum BBQ – a versatile and simple take on the traditional oil drum barbecues used the world over. And once you’ve mastered the art of barbecue building, there are 50 stunning recipes that you will turn to time and time again. Including Sri Lankan Black Pork Curry, Mushroom Tacos and Thai Fishcake Skewers as well as the show-stopping recipe for cooking a pig in the pig smoker – this is a fun and affordable way to take your BBQing to the next level.

Big Green Egg has a cult following amongst BBQ experts due to its high-performance cooking at a range of temperatures and NASA specification ceramics. As more and more enthusiasts realise what a versatile and practical bit of cooking kit the EGG is, experts and amateurs alike are looking for recipes to test out their skills and maximise the EGG's capabilities.Cooking on the Big Green Egg showcases this vital piece of outdoor cooking equipment and offers instructions and recipes for everything you'd ever want to cook in it. Award-winning author of Goat, James Whetlor, guides the reader through the basics of using your Big Green Egg, with a full explanation of how it works and how to get the best out of it, whether you’re cooking on the grill or plancha, oven roasting, smoking, baking, cooking ‘dirty’ directly on the coals, or taking it low and slow. With James's cooking advice and tips, you'll then be ready to cook your way through 70 amazing recipes including all the basic meats and joints, whole fish, vegetables and jaw-dropping BBQ feasts. With this outstanding book by your side you'll go from beginner to EGG expert in no time, and enjoy delicious food in the process all year round.

WINNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION COOKBOOK AWARD FOR BEST SINGLE SUBJECT BOOK 2019 WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS' BEST SPECIALIST/SINGLE SUBJECT BOOK AWARD 2019'James knows an awful lot about goats.' – Hugh Fearnely-WhittingstallWe should all be eating more goat! It’s sustainable, ethical, highly nutritious and low in calories. Why, then, does it remain so underused and misunderstood? This book tells the story of how food and farming culture developed in the west without the help of this staple of global agriculture, and showcases the best recipes from around the world using this fabulous beast.Utterly delicious cooked fast and lean, or slow-cooked in curries, stews, braises and roasts, from kebabs to stir-fries to sausages, goat is the one meat we should all be eating more of. With 100 dishes created by Cabrito’s founder James Whetlor, plus a foreword by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and guest recipes from world-renowned chefs including Yotam Ottolenghi, Gill Meller, Neil Rankin and Jeremy Lee, Goat is a ground-breaking, bold cookbook.Essential reading for anyone with even a passing interest in food and the way we eat today, and set to be the definitive guide on the subject for years to come, Goat is a genre-defining book.50 per cent of the royalties from the book will be donated to Farm Africa.