I started grilling with the book "Beard on Barbecue", originally owned by my ex-wife. As it happens she was a master chef - same with her mom and grandmother. I still have that book, as well as several other Beard titles. They have served me well in the Kitchen. He was a master of many different cuisines - from pasta to bread to seafood to game, etc. His recipes, IMHO, beat the tar out of most of the contemporary offerings we see today. We'll not see his like again in our time.
Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)