Biker Billy's Freeway-A-Fire Cookbook: Life's Too Short to Eat Dull Food

by Bill Hufnagle

Sizzle your palate with Biker Billy's chile-fueled vegetarian mealsEvery week, thousands of fans tune in to his public-access cable show, Biker Billy Cooks with Fire, to watch Billy roar around the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688168221
• ISBN13: 9780688168223
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 0.9" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding recipes

This book is packed with great recipes, even if you want to cut back or omit the ingredients that make them hot (but really, who wants to do that!). Also, many choices for vegans.

Veg Cooking That I Love!

I was brought up on 'real food' (meat and potatoes), so when I started to go veg, I ran into a problem where I didn't like what's normally considered vegetarian. I began to crave food with real substance and flavor. Browsing through my favorite bookstore one day, I came across Biker Billy's cookbook and was thrilled. I was immediately attracted by the title, I mean, a veg biker? How could I go wrong?!I've been using recipes from this book for four years now and love it. I have a young son, so I sometimes adjust the spice and fire to a level he can tolerate. I even cook for meat-eaters from this book and no one ever misses the meat!Two thumbs up - love ya Biker Billy!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Hot! Hot! Hot!

Bill Hufnagle. Burly biker. Fiery food lover. Cookbook author. Vegetarian. You might think you just fell down the rabbit hole, but after tasting his creations you`d know everything was going to be all right. His tongue-in-cheek cookbook will satisfy anyone who loves spicy foods, and vegetarians who want a change. If you like spicy or downright hot foods, you'll get a kick out of this cookbook (pun intended). Flavors are bold and the body of recipes varied. Of course you'll find the standard hot items like stuffed jalapeno peppers and chili pie but there are lots of surprises to be found here as well. For pasta fans, try "Mean Bean Meatballs" on top of your next plate of spaghetti. Vegetarians should try "Scrambled Beyond Belief", which uses extra-firm bean curd and chipotle peppers, for breakfast. Need an exciting side dish? Make "Devilish Pumpkin Fries" and watch everyone's eyes light up.One of my most favorite recipes from this cookbook that I've made many times since, with and without the fire, are his "Chocolate Killer Cookies". This is a great and easy to prepare chocolate cookie recipe. I've made them with white chocolate chips as called for but found my favorite way is to use peanut butter chips instead. The recipe only makes 24 cookies and they will not last long. When using the cayenne pepper, they remind me of very good quality ginger snaps. Just enough bite to make your mouth tingle but not enough to make you stop eating.For such an extraordinary cookbook it's a shame that there is no measurement given for how hot a recipe is. Something as simple as giving a mild, medium, or real hot rating for each recipe would be a major help. "Righteous Rotelle" had enough heat to make you sweat, while "Chipotle Cheese Soup" was just smoky and belly warming. When making a few recipes I needed to make a few adjustments, which could be due to bad testing or differences in equipment. I shortened the boiling time for the asparagus in "Asparagus a la Dante" as in my first attempt they came out a bit limp after they where fried. Regardless, they were addictive.I thoroughly enjoyed this cookbook regardless of a few annoyances and can hardly wait to try other recipes. Tonight though, I'm making more cookies!

H*llfire and Salivation

One taste of Biker Billy's smoky "Pita Pockets in Pain" and I'm singing in his choir... It's a great cookbook -- well-written, informative, and informal (obviously!). Meat-lovers simply won't notice that it's a vegetarian cookbook: the flavors, textures and fire make every recipe I've tried memorable.