“Barbecue cooking is man’s oldest form of meal preparation. Prehistoric man was the first to barbecue” - Ed Bell The Iliad Bookshop in Los Angeles has two huge tables filled with sale books. Most are a dollar or two. My partner, Lisa Morton , works there and is always on the lookout for a sale book she thinks will appeal to me. Yesterday, she brought home Modern Barbecue Cooking by Ed Bell , which cost her one dollar. Being a barbecue lover myself (anyone who grew up in Arizona is automatically a barbecue lover), I pored over the book and found it to be a lot of fun. Dated a bit (the book was published in 1966), especially when it comes to the technology of barbecuing. However, overall, it remains a quite useful cookbook. Unfortunately, the poor-quality photographs in the book make the food appear unappetizing. Take a look: My God, the food looks like something a cannibal would cook. It seems that all of the mid-century cookbooks have this color problem. Thankfully, most of the ill...