Republic of barbecue : stories beyond the brisket / by Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt ... [et al.] ; foreword by John T. Edge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engelhardt, Elizabeth S. D., Author.

Contributor:

Engelhardt, Elizabeth S. D. (Elizabeth Sanders Delwiche), 1969-

Series:

Bridwell Texas History Series

Bridwell Texas history series Republic of barbecue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barbecuing--Southern States.

Barbecuing.

Barbecuing--Southern States--Anecdotes.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xx, 226 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It's no overstatement to say that the state of Texas is a republic of barbecue. Whether it's brisket, sausage, ribs, or chicken, barbecue feeds friends while they catch up, soothes tensions at political events, fuels community festivals, sustains workers of all classes, celebrates brides and grooms, and even supports churches. Recognizing just how central barbecue is to Texas's cultural life, Elizabeth Engelhardt and a team of eleven graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin set out to discover and describe what barbecue has meant to Texans ever since they first smoked a beef brisket. Republic of Barbecue presents a fascinating, multifaceted portrait of the world of barbecue in Central Texas. The authors look at everything from legendary barbecue joints in places such as Taylor and Lockhart to feedlots, ultra-modern sausage factories, and sustainable forests growing hardwoods for barbecue pits. They talk to pit masters and proprietors, who share the secrets of barbecue in their own words. Like side dishes to the first-person stories, short essays by the authors explore a myriad of barbecue's themes-food history, manliness and meat, technology, nostalgia, civil rights, small-town Texas identity, barbecue's connection to music, favorite drinks such as Big Red, Dr. Pepper, Shiner Bock, and Lone Star beer-to mention only a few. An ode to Texas barbecue in films, a celebration of sports and barbecue, and a pie chart of the desserts that accompany brisket all find homes in the sidebars of the book, while photographic portraits of people and places bring readers face-to-face with the culture of barbecue.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Sidebar Twenty-four Hours of Barbecue

Introduction

Republic of Barbecue

Section 1 Food and Foodways

Stories from Joe Sullivan

The Central Texas Plate

Sidebar Pie and More Pie!

Miles of Hanging Meat

Sidebar Ways to Make Your Own Smoker If Your Name Is MacGyver

Drinking Texas History

Sidebar In Homage to Big Red

Stories from the Archie Family

Stories from Marvin Dziuk

Section 2 Ideas of place

Stories from Ben Wash

Stories from the Inman Family

The Bridge to Ben's

Sidebar Planes, Trains, and . . . Kayaks?

Red Dust , White Bread, Blue Collar

Sidebar Barbecue on Screen

Stories from the Meyer Family

Stories from Terry Wootan

Section 3 dreaming of old Texas and original barbecue

Stories from Vencil Mares

Stories from Rick Schmidt

Keep Your Eye on the Boll

Sidebar Timeline of Political Barbecues

Barbacoa?

Authenticity

Stories from Aurelio Torres

Stories from the Bracewell Family

Section 4 Ways of life

Stories from Nicole Dugas

Stories from Richard Lopez

Cavemen and Fire Builders

The Feminine Mesquite

Sidebar Brides and Brisket

"No Son Sandías "

Stories from Bobby Mu ell

Stories from Joe Capello

Section 5 Bright lights, barbecue cities

Stories from Pat Mares

Stories from Waunda Mays

Eating Meat to the Beat

Sidebar Barbecue Melodies: Post Oak Smoke Gets in Their Eyes?

Thinking Locally, Barbecuing... Globally?

Placeless Barbecues

Sidebar Foreign Barbecue

Sidebar Barbecue Haute Cuisine: Brisket Gets Fancy

Stories from Danny Haberman

Stories from Art Blondin

Section 6 Modern Barbecue, Changing Barbecue

Stories from Jim McMurtry

Stories from Ronnie Vinikoff

Ain't Easy Being Green When You're Smoked

Sidebar Fun With Numbers, or How Much in a Year?

Tech no-cue?

Stories from Don Wiley

Stories from Tyler Graham

Personal Barbecue Histories:

Sidebar Daring to Go There: Sports and Barbecue

Sidebar Methodology Appendix:

As You Digest :

Sidebar Beginnings, Not Endings

Index

Photo credits

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780292782143

0292782144

9780292799233

0292799233

OCLC:

1547908017