Product Description
by Bronson Dunbar (Illustrator), Jeff Slankard (Author)
Do you remember how nobody could make that certain dish the way your Grandma could? Even using the identical recipe, it would never turned out as good as Grandma's. Why do you think that is? If you gave 3 people the same exact recipe and asked them to go make it... you would get exactly 3 different results. Even if all of them had directions to go with the list of ingredients, their results wouldn't be the same. But you already know this. Don't you? You may have even already played around with your creativity in the kitchen. Maybe you accidentally left out an ingredient one day, or even added too much of another ingredient. What did you do? Cooking is not just a matter of throwing the right combination of ingredients together and you're done. No... it takes good quality fresh ingredients, bringing those flavors together in the right amounts, the right order, the right temperature, etc. Doing all of this is known as the process. Grandma had a process. You have one too. Uncover the details of your process and make it work for you. Never underestimate your power of creativity and imagination in this process.
Author Biography
Jeff Slankard was born in 1954 and grew up just outside of Kansas City on what used to be an Indian reservation. His ancestors (Swan Creek band of the Chippewa Indians) disbanded the tribe in the early 1900s. He went to college in Phoenix and then worked in the oilfields for 10 years as an engineer. That's when coworkers gave him his nickname, Hipshot. He then earned his Masters degree and taught school until his retirement in 2012. Today he lives close to Austin, Texas and enjoys retirement, family, and of course BBQ. BBQ has been a lifelong hobby. Now, building the website www.original-bbq-recipes.com and writing about BBQ makes everything even more enjoyable.
