Smokestack Lightning: Adventures In The Heart Of Barbecue Country

Smokestack Lightning profiles the down-home devotees of the barbecue world, painting an anthropological portrait of one of America's favourite pastimes. Featuring 50 mouth-watering recipes for such meats, sauces and side dishes as Oklahoma Joe's Brew-B-Q Ribs, Moonlight Mutton Dip, and Lady Causey's Overnight Cabbage Slaw, Smokestack Lightning is a unique culinary chronicle.

Through vivid descriptions of restaurants and barbecue joints around the country, stirred together with legends and bits and pieces of barbecue history, Lolis Eric Elie profiles the largely American pastime of barbecuing. Traveling from Texas to the Carolinas, the author chronicles the lore and traditions of the barbecue belt and collects recipes, descriptions and photographs of everything from barbecued cows' faces to pigs' snouts, on his quest to determine barbecue's role in American culture.