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Book SynopsisWhether you believe the best comes from Kansas City, Memphis, the Carolinas, or Texas, if you love barbecue, Republic of Barbecue offers a richly satisfying journey into the world of barbecue as food and culture, filled with first-person stories from pit
Trade ReviewThis 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 *
Table of Contents
- Foreword: Plotting the Barbecue Republic, by John T. Edge
- Acknowledgments: We Raise Our Glasses
- Sidebar: Twenty-four Hours of Barbecue
- Introduction: The Life and Times of Central Texas Barbecue
- Section 1: Food and Foodways
- Stories from Joe Sullivan, House Park Bar-B-Que, Austin, Texas
- The Central Texas Plate
- A Pie Chart of Desserts Sidebar
- Miles of Hanging Meat: Legacies and Linkages of Sausage
- Things You Could Make A Smoker Out of If Your Name Is MacGyver Sidebar
- Drinking Texas History
- In Homage to Big Red Sidebar
- Stories from the Archie Family, Church of the Holy Smoke, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Barbecue, Huntsville, Texas
- Stories from Marvin Dziuk, Dziuk's Meat Market, Castroville, Texas
- Section 2: Ideas of Place
- Stories from Ben Wash, Ben's Long Branch Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- Stories from the Inman Family, Inman's Ranch House, Marble Falls, Texas
- The Bridge to Ben's: Connecting City Politics to Neighborhood Barbecue
- Planes, Trains, and . . . Kayaks? Sidebar
- Red Dust, White Bread, Blue Collar at the Edges of Small-Town Texas
- Barbecue on Screen Sidebar
- Stories from the Meyer Family, Meyer's Sausage Company and Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse, Elgin, Texas
- Stories from Terry Wootan, Cooper's Old Time Pit Barbecue, Llano, Texas
- Section 3: Dreaming of Old Texas and Original Barbecue
- Stories from Vencil Mares, Taylor Cafe, Taylor, Texas
- Stories from Rick Schmidt, Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Texas
- Keep Your Eye on the Boll
- Timeline of Political Barbecues Sidebar
- Barbacoa? The Curious Case of a Word
- Authenticity: The Search for the Real Thing
- Stories from Aurelio Torres, Mi Madre's, Austin, Texas
- Stories from the Bracewell Family, Southside Market, Elgin, Texas
- Section 4: Ways of Life
- Stories from Nicole Dugas, Barbecuties, Austin, Texas
- Stories from Richard Lopez, Gonzales Food Market, Gonzales, Texas
- Cavemen and Fire Builders: Manliness and Meat
- The Feminine Mesquite
- Brides and Brisket Sidebar
- "No Son Sandías": Girlhood on the Ranch
- Stories from Bobby Mueller, Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor, Texas
- Stories from Joe Capello, City Market, Luling, Texas
- Section 5: Bright Lights, Barbecue Cities
- Stories from Pat Mares, Ruby's Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- Stories from Waunda Mays, Sam's Barbecue, Austin, Texas
- Eating Meat to the Beat: Music and Texas Barbecue
- Barbecue Melodies: Post Oak Smoke Gets in Their Eyes? Sidebar
- Thinking Locally, Barbecuing . . . Globally?
- Foreign Barbecue Sidebar
- Placeless Barbecues: The Strange but True Story of Chains, Stands, and Interstates
- Barbecue Haute Cuisine: Brisket Gets Fancy Sidebar
- Stories from Danny Haberman, Pok-e-Jo's Smokehouse, Inc., Austin, Texas
- Stories from Art Blondin, Artz Rib House, Austin, Texas
- Section 6: Modern Barbecue, Changing Barbecue
- Stories from Jim McMurtry, Smokey Denmark Sausage Company, Austin, Texas
- Stories from Ronnie Vinikoff, Forestry Management, Rockdale, Texas
- It Ain't Easy Being Green When You're Smoked (But Barbecue Is Trying!)
- Fun With Numbers, or How Much in a Year? Sidebar
- Techno-cue? Barbecue in the Postindustrial Age
- Stories from Don Wiley, D. Wiley, Inc., Buda, Texas
- Stories from Tyler Graham, Graham Enterprises, Gonzales and Elgin, Texas
- Daring to Go There: Sports and Barbecue Sidebar
- Personal Barbecue Histories: Who We Are and How We Got Here
- Methodology Appendix: Fancy Words for How We Did What We Did Sidebar
- As You Digest: Recommended Reading
- Beginnings, Not Endings Sidebar
- Index
