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The Frugal Gourmet, with chef Jeff Smith, is an amazingly thorough video collection with over 80 episodes that include food recipes from around the world. In each episode, Smith demonstrates several simple but important recipes. This episode is about barbecue. The Frugal Gourmet cooks up lots of meat with recipes that include Pork Shoulder, Spareribs, Chicken Barbecue with Rosemary and Marsala, Graduate School Pot Roast, Barbecued Shrimp on a Stick, and less common dishes like Barbecued Potatoes and Stove-top Smoked Trout. Smith not only cooks, he also discusses the theological and anthropological histories of the dishes he prepares. He brings humor and wide-ranging knowledge into the kitchen.