Do you want to host the perfect cookout this summer? Learn delicious and essential barbeque recipes from an expert "pitmaster."
Darien Library, Essex Library, and Book Passage invite you to step into the world of barbeque and more with expert chef Ed Mitchell on Thursday, June 8th at 7 p.m.
In this virtual program, he'll share tips and tricks from his family's barbeque legacy — which spans over 125 years — and chat about his newest cookbook, Ed Mitchell's Barbeque. Register online at: darienlibrary.org/event/cookbook-author-event-ed-mitchells-barbeque
In his cookbook, a collaboration with his son, Ryan, and written with Zella Palmer, Ed explores the tradition of whole-hog barbeque that has made him famous. It’s a method passed down through generations over the course of 125 years and harkens back even further than that, to his ancestors who were plantation sharecroppers and, before that, enslaved. Ed is one of the few remaining pitmasters to keep this barbeque tradition alive, and in Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque, he will share his methods for the first time and fill in the unwritten chapters of the rich and complex history of North Carolina whole-hog barbeque.
From cracklin to hush puppies, fried green tomatoes to deviled eggs, okra poppers, skillet cornbread, potato salad, and pickled pigs’ feet, Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque is filled with delicious and essential recipes honed over decades. And, of course, there is the barbeque—mouth-watering baby back ribs, smoked pork chops, backyard brisket, and barbequed chicken—all paired with lively and warmly told stories from the Mitchell family. Ed Mitchell’s Barbeque is rich with the history of Wilson, North Carolina, and yet promises to bring barbeque to the next level.