Steven Raichlen

Steven Raichlen (born March 11, 1953 ) is an American culinary writer, TV host, and novelist.

Early life Raichlen was born in Nagoya, Japan. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. He is Jewish.

Education In 1975, Raichlen earned a Bachelor of Arts in French literature from Reed College.

Raichlen has written for The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, Food & Wine, Bon Appétit and Esquire magazines.

Raichlen has been known to further careers of barbecue pitmasters thanks to his writing, including Wayne Mark Schafer, of Baltimore's Pit Beef fame Big Fat Daddy's, who was featured in Raichlen's NY Times article and 425 Fiery Recipes book.

In 2012, he released his first novel, Island Apart, about a Chappaquiddick hermit's developing relationship with a cancer patient. and more recently Steven Raichlen's Project Fire. Raichlen also hosts the French-language TV shows Le Maitre du Grill and Les Incontourables du BBQ on Zeste in Quebec. His Steven Raichlen Grills Italy show was launched on Gambero Rosso Channel in Italy in 2018.

He battled and defeated Iron Chef Rokusaburo Michiba in a "Battle of the Barbecue Gods" on Japanese television.

He has appeared on numerous television programs and networks including Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, Discovery Channel, Oprah, Regis & Kelly, The View and CNN.

Awards and honors Raichlen has won five James Beard awards for his cookbooks. High-Flavor, Low-Fat Cooking won the 1993 award for Best Light and Healthy Cookbook, and his follow-up, High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking, won the 1996 award for Best Vegetarian Cookbook. In 1999, Healthy Latin Cooking won the award for Healthy Focus. He also earned the 2001 James Beard Foundation/KitchenAid Book Award for his Healthy Jewish Cooking His 780-page book, BBQ USA, won the 2004 award for Tools and Techniques.

In 2015, Raichlen was inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. In 2003, Bon Appetit named Raichlen “Cooking Teacher of the Year," the same year that The Barbecue Bible, based on his four years of research while traveling 150,000 miles through 25 countries on five continents, won an IACP Julia Child Award. and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Publications

Nonfiction A Taste of the Mountains Cooking School Cookbook Poseidon Press, 1986 A Celebration of the Seasons: A Cooks Almanac Poseidon Press, 1988 Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Cooking. . 1992. Miami Spice : The New Florida Cuisine. . 1993. The Caribbean Pantry Cookbook: Condiments and Seasonings from the Land of Spice and Sun. . 1995. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking. . 1995. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Chicken. . 1996. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Pasta Cookbook. . 1996. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low Fat Italian Food Cookbook. . 1997. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low Fat Appetizers. . 1997. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low Fat Desserts. . 1997. The Barbecue! Bible. . 1998. Steven Raichlen's High-Flavor, Low-Fat Mexican Cooking. . 1999. Barbecue! Bible : Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Bastes, Butters, and Glazes. . 2000. Steven Raichlen's Healthy Latin Cooking : 200 Sizzling Recipes from Mexico, Cuba, Caribbean, Brazil, and Beyond. . 2000. Healthy Jewish Cooking. . 2000. How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques, A Barbecue Bible! Cookbook. . 2001. Beer-Can Chicken: And 74 Other Offbeat Recipes for the Grill. . 2002. BBQ USA: 425 Fiery Recipes from All Across America. . 2003. Steven Raichlen's Big Flavor Cookbook: 440 Irresistible and Healthy Recipes from Around the World. . 2003. Indoor Grilling. . 2004. The Best of Barbecue University by Steven Raichlen. DVD/Video. 2005. Raichlen on Ribs, Ribs, Outrageous Ribs. . 2006. Planet Barbecue! . 2010. Bold & Healthy Flavors: 450 Recipes from Around the World . 2011. Man Made Meals: The Essential Cookbook for Guys . 2014. Project Smoke . 2016. Project Fire . 2018. The Brisket Chronicles . 2019.

Fiction Island Apart , 2012.