Bill Hufnagle

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Bill Hufnagle, who writes and performs as Biker Billy, is an American motorcyclist, cookbook author and television personality.

Life and career

Originally from The Bronx,[1] he resides (or has resided) in Asheville, North Carolina; and [2]Madison, New Jersey.

He was food editor for Cruising Rider magazine, and has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair and Vegetarian Times.[2] He has also appeared on television as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America and CNN.[2] He has been sponsored by Harley-Davidson to exhibit at Daytona Bike Week,[3] and has been a featured exhibitor at other local motorcycle rallies.[4]

He hosted a syndicated public-access cable television show, Biker Billy Cooks With Fire, for six years;[5] the show was featured in Guggenheim Museum's 100 Years of Motorcycle in Film companion to The Art of the Motorcycle exhibition.[6]

A variety of jalapeño pepper was named for him by the Burpee Seed Company.[7][8]

Hufnagle is a vegetarian.[9][4]

Awards

Bibliography

  • Bill Hufnagle (1995). Biker Billy Cooks With Fire. Morrow Cookbooks. ISBN 0688140637.
  • Bill Hufnagle (2000). Biker Billy's Freeway-A-Fire Cookbook: Life's Too Short to Eat Dull Food. Morrow Cookbooks. ISBN 0688168221.
  • Bill Hufnagle (2003). Biker Billy's Hog Wild on a Harley Cookbook: 200 Fiercely Flavorful Recipes to Kick-Start Your Home Cooking From Harley Riders Across the USA. Harvard Common Press. ISBN 1558322507.
  • Bill Hufnagle (2008). Biker Billy's Roadhouse Cookbook: Adventures in Roadside Cuisine. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1599214344.

References

  1. ^ Ludmilla Lelis (March 9, 2007), Biker Billy: 'Eat to ride, ride to eat', The Orlando Sentinel, archived from the original on April 9, 2016, retrieved 2013-05-13
  2. ^ a b c Ellen Sweets (December 14, 2003), "Easy rider, easy eats 'Life's too short to eat dull food' for Biker Billy", Denver Post
  3. ^ Ken Freund (c. 2008), "Harley-Davidson Announces Daytona Bike Week Events", American Rider, archived from the original on 2007-08-07
  4. ^ a b Joel Keefer (July 12, 2007), Stunt team to highlight biker rally, The Buffalo News, archived from the original on March 13, 2016, retrieved 2013-05-10
  5. ^ Debbie Elliott (August 6, 2006), "Biker Billy: A Man with a Burning Desire to Cook", All Things Considered, National Public Radio
  6. ^ Bill Hufnagle author profile, Harvard Press, retrieved 2013-05-09
  7. ^ "Interview: Billy Hufnagle, also known as Biker Billy, discusses the jalapeno pepper seed named after him by the W. Atlee Burpee seed company", Weekend Edition, National Public Radio, Jan 8, 2000 – via National Library of Australia
  8. ^ "Biker Billy hybrid jalapeno pepper", Online seed catalog, Burpee, 2013
  9. ^ Biker Billy's Freeway-A-Fire Cookbook: Life's Too Short to Eat Dull Food, Publishers Weekly, January 3, 2000, retrieved 2013-05-09

External links

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