Perhaps this won’t be your go-to cookbook, but it sure would be a fun one to have. Plymouth food historian and archaeologist Paula Marcoux has created a cookbook called “Cooking with Fire” that shows the many possible ways you can cook with a flame.

As she said, “I’d like people to take a step back and see how much fun it can be cooking with wood and how much better the food tastes,” said Marcoux of Plymouth, .

While it’s a cookbook, it’s also a glimpse into history, as Marcoux offers ways to prepare a vast range of foods using historic techniques and materials. As she explains, “Cooking with wood will interest people with a little sense of adventure, an open mind and a willingness to take the time to enjoy what they’re doing.”

Editor of the magazine Edible South Shore, she subtitled this book “From Roasting on a Spit to Baking in a Tannur, Rediscovered Techniques and Recipes that Capture the Flavors of Wood-Fired Cooking.” The book includes 100 recipes and many gorgeous color photos.

As Marcoux, 53, explains, “There’s nobody who will do every crazy thing in this book, but I’m hoping there is something in the book to engage everybody.”

If this book doesn’t catch your eye, you can wait for the book that she is writing for the Plymouth Antiquarian Society about 19th century cooking.