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Black smoke : African Americans and the United States of barbecue

Title
Black smoke : African Americans and the United States of barbecue / Adrian Miller.
Author
Miller, Adrian
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

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Description
301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 27 cm
Summary
"Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue cookery has gone through the roof. Prepared in one regional style or another, in the South and beyond, barbecue is one of the nation's most distinctive culinary arts. And people aren't just eating it; they're also reading books and articles and watching TV shows about it. But why is it, asks Adrian Miller--admitted 'cuehead and longtime certified barbecue judge--that in today's barbecue culture African Americans don't get much love? In Black Smoke, Miller chronicles how Black barbecuers, pitmasters, and restaurateurs helped develop this cornerstone of American foodways and how they are coming into their own today"--
Alternative Title
  • Black smoke : with 22 great recipes straight from the pit
  • African Americans and the United States of barbecue
Subject
  • Barbecuing > United States
  • African American cooking
  • African American cooks
  • Barbecuing
  • United States
Note
  • "A Ferris and Ferris book" - title page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Kindling my barbecue passion -- Pit smoked: barbecue's Native American foundation -- How did "barbeque" get so Black? -- Burnt offerings: barbecue in African American church culture -- Rising smoke: the ascendancy of the African American barbecue specialist -- Barbecue is my business: the emergence of African American barbecue entrepreneurs -- Black barbeque is beautiful: toward an African American barbeque aesthetic -- Liquid black smoke: the primacy of sauce -- Short-circuited: African Americans and competition barbecue -- Blowing smoke: the fading media representation of African American barbecuers -- Glowing embers: the future of African American barbecue -- Tending the fire -- My favorite African American barbecue restaurants.
Call Number
Sc F 21-354
ISBN
  • 9781469662800
  • 1469662809
LCCN
2020051252
OCLC
1195454585
Author
Miller, Adrian, author.
Title
Black smoke : African Americans and the United States of barbecue / Adrian Miller.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
INCLUDES B&W ILLUSTRATIONS, COLOR PHOTOS, AND 22 RECIPES.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc F 21-354
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