A richly satisfying journey into the world of barbecue as food and culture
A richly satisfying journey into the world of barbecue as food and culture
Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, formerly Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and now John Shelton Reed Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, writes and studies food, gender, race, and class in the southern United States. She and eleven of her graduate students at UT-Austin set out to study the life and culture of barbecue in central Texas. They're a diverse group that includes native Texans, people from other barbecue strongholds of the U.S. South, a Chicagoan, and even a couple of northeasterners. They all share a passion for listening to stories, debating and trying to understand American cultures, and eating lots of barbecue.
"Tar Heels probably shouldn't own up to liking Texas barbecue, but we have no hesitation about saying that we love this book about it. The voices of the folks who make it happen and this book's wonderful photographs add up to a splendid portrait of Lone Star barbeculture." John Shelton Reed and Dale Volberg Reed, authors of Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue "This beautiful collection, colorful enough to display as a coffee-table book, contributes significantly to the oral history tradition and the study of barbecue simultaneously." - Journal of American Folklore
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