While the particulars, origin stories and claims to be the barbecue capital of world may vary, Jim Auchmutey has found one thing we can agree on: Barbecue has a Southern accent. The veteran journalist and smoked meat sherpa recently wrote a new book — Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America . Auchmutey stopped by On Second Thought to give a taste on what to expect from the history of barbecue.
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