Okay, admittedly there is a pretty tenuous connection between this vintage Tom & Jerry cartoon and North Carolina barbecue. And though the short is called “Barbecue Brawl,” “Cook Out Brawl” would be more appropriate. There is no pig and certainly no slow cooking taking place. Still, what’s not to love about Tom & Jerry? Plus, it’s a relief [...]
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Damn you, Joe York. The Leni Reifenstahl of the Southern Foodways Alliance has an entire catalog of short films that do nothing but make you hungry. OK, fine, they also make you appreciate the cuisine, cooks and culture of the South. York recently turned his lens to barbecue. The result, Capitol Q, profiles our beloved [...]
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As you, dear readers, are well aware this website has a narrow-minded myopic laser-like focus on North Carolina’s pork barbecue culture. Still, we cannot refrain from putting a plug in for a documentary film on another of America’s underappreciated forms of barbecue–Kentucky mutton. Mutton is one of just a handful of distinct barbecue styles in the U.S., and without a doubt it is [...]
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