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Memphis Barbecue: A Succulent History of Smoke, Sauce & Soul (American Palate)

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Memphis is equal parts music and food–the products of a community marked with grit and resiliency. The city’s blues and soul music have lifted spirits, even as barbecue has been a serious business ever since pork first entered the culinary landscape of Memphis with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who brought the New World its first herd of pigs. Succulent pulled pork and ribs have grow to be a part of the fabric of life within the River City, and these days they’re cooked up in kitchens ranging from the across the world acclaimed, like Corky’s, to the humblest of roadside dives. Told during the history of its barbecue is the story of the city of Memphis, from legendary joints like Leonard’s Barbecue, where Elvis Presley hosted private parties, to lesser-known places like William’s Bar-B-Q within the West Memphis, Arkansas neighborhood where wild, late-night blues juke joints served as a red-light district around the river from Beale Street within the 1950s and ’60s. Sink your teeth into this wealthy history chock-full of interviews and insights from the city’s finest pitmasters and ‘cue gurus who continue the long tradition of creating art with meat and flame.

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