Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket Book

Foreword: Plotting the Barbecue Republic, by John T. Edge
Acknowledgments: We Raise Our Glasses
Sidebar: Twenty-four Hours of Barbecue
Introduction: The Life and Times of Central Texas Barbecue

Section 1: Food and Foodways
Stories from Joe Sullivan, House Park Bar-B-Que, Austin, Texas
The Central Texas Plate
A Pie Chart of Desserts Sidebar
Miles of Hanging Meat: Legacies and Linkages of Sausage
Things You Could Make A Smoker Out of If Your Name Is MacGyver Sidebar
Drinking Texas History
In Homage to Big Red Sidebar
Stories from the Archie Family, Church of the Holy Smoke, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church Barbecue, Huntsville, Texas
Stories from Marvin Dziuk, Dziuk's Meat Market, Castroville, Texas

Section 2: Ideas of Place
Stories from Ben Wash, Ben's Long Branch Barbecue, Austin, Texas
Stories from the Inman Family, Inman's Ranch House, Marble Falls, Texas
The Bridge to Ben's: Connecting City Politics to Neighborhood Barbecue
Planes, Trains, and . . . Kayaks? Sidebar
Red Dust, White Bread, Blue Collar at the Edges of Small-Town Texas
Barbecue on Screen Sidebar
Stories from the Meyer Family, Meyer's Sausage Company and Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse, Elgin, Texas
Stories from Terry Wootan, Cooper's Old Time Pit Barbecue, Llano, Texas

Section 3: Dreaming of Old Texas and Original Barbecue
Stories from Vencil Mares, Taylor Cafe, Taylor, Texas
Stories from Rick Schmidt, Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Texas
Keep Your Eye on the Boll
Timeline of Political Barbecues Sidebar
Barbacoa? The Curious Case of a Word
Authenticity: The Search for the RealThing
Stories from Aurelio Torres, Mi Madre's, Austin, Texas
Stories from the Bracewell Family, Southside Market, Elgin, Texas

Section 4: Ways of Life
Stories from Nicole Dugas, Barbecuties, Austin, Texas
Stories from Richard Lopez, Gonzales Food Market, Gonzales, Texas
Cavemen and Fire Builders: Manliness and Meat
The Feminine Mesquite
Brides and Brisket Sidebar
"No Son Sandas": Girlhood on the Ranch
Stories from Bobby Mueller, Louie Mueller Barbecue, Taylor, Texas
Stories from Joe Capello, City Market, Luling, Texas

Section 5: Bright Lights, Barbecue Cities
Stories from Pat Mares, Ruby's Barbecue, Austin, Texas
Stories from Waunda Mays, Sam's Barbecue, Austin, Texas
Eating Meat to the Beat: Music and Texas Barbecue
Barbecue Melodies: Post Oak Smoke Gets in Their Eyes? Sidebar
Thinking Locally, Barbecuing . . . Globally?
Foreign Barbecue Sidebar
Placeless Barbecues: The Strange but True Story of Chains, Stands, and Interstates
Barbecue Haute Cuisine: Brisket Gets Fancy Sidebar
Stories from Danny Haberman, Pok-e-Jo's Smokehouse, Inc., Austin, Texas
Stories from Art Blondin, Artz Rib House, Austin, Texas

Section 6: Modern Barbecue, Changing Barbecue
Stories from Jim McMurtry, Smokey Denmark Sausage Company, Austin, Texas
Stories from Ronnie Vinikoff, Forestry Management, Rockdale, Texas
It Ain't Easy Being Green When You're Smoked (But Barbecue Is Trying!)
Fun With Numbers, or How Much in a Year? Sidebar
Techno-cue? Barbecue in the Postindustrial Age
Stories from Don Wiley, D. Wiley, Inc., Buda, Texas
Stories from Tyler Graham, Graham Enterprises, Gonzales and Elgin, Texas

Daring to Go There: Sports and Barbecue Sidebar
Personal Barbecue Histories: Who We Are and How We Got Here
Methodology Appendix: Fancy Words for How We Did What We Did Sidebar
As You Digest: Recommended Reading
Beginnings, Not Endings Sidebar

Index