Community Barbecue this Saturday in Galveston
Book Release Update:
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Houstonia Magazine: Of Pork and Preachers
“Once you start to see the connection between African American barbecue and religion, it pops up everywhere. When I attended services at Reverend Hodge’s church one Sunday, I met a guest preacher named Reverend Jimmie Cobbin. After I asked him if he ever cooked barbecue, he smiled and said, ‘Funny…
Congrats BBQ Snob!
Our friend Daniel Vaughn (@BBQsnob) has been named Barbecue Editor of Texas Monthly Magazine; his first day of work is April 15. (We expect Franklin’s brisket tallow to be smeared on his forehead in the “sign of the Q” at the anointment ceremony.) The announcement caused quite a stir as…
See You at the Foodways Texas BBQ Symposium
3rd Annual Foodways Texas Symposium Save the date: April 4-6, 2013 Our Barbecue, Ourselves, the 3rd Annual Foodways Texas symposium will explore the past, present, and potential of smoked meat in Texas and its intimate connections to Texas cultural history and identity. As we feast on plates from around the…
Pitmaster: Trent Brooks: Brooks’ Place BBQ
Ask for some crusty meat from the fatty end of a brisket at Brook’s Place in Cypress and you won’t be disappointed. There is one picnic table in front of this barbecue trailer parked in front of an Ace Hardware store at the northwest corner of Barker-Cypress and FM 529…
Dallas BBQ & Brew Party for Foodways Texas
Suds and Smoke Deep Ellum Brewing Company, February 25th, 6-9pm Join Foodways Texas at Deep Ellum Brewing Company for Suds and Smoke on February 25th from 6-9 pm. The evening will be a celebration of smoked food and craft beer and all proceeds will benefit Foodways Texas oral history projects…
Camp Brisket Highlights
At the first Camp Brisket on January 11 and 12 at Texas A&M Meat Science Center in College Station, Dr. Davey Griffin helped us understand the mysteries of barbecueing a beef brisket by dissecting one and showing us where the different muscles and fat pockets intersected. Then Dr. Jeff Savell…
Join Us for Camp Brisket
Foodways Texas and Texas A&M Meat Science Center present: Camp Brisket 2013 Camp Brisket January 11-12, 2013 College Station, Texas We’re trying something new this year in partnership with the Meat Science Section in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. We will hold a second barbecue camp,…
BBQ Tours R Us
When Springer, the world’s leading science and technology publishing company, hosted a three day conference in Houston, they wanted to see a little slice of Texas, but they only had three hours on a Tuesday night. So I arranged a bus trip around town to drink Texas beer, sample some…
