num_pages: 291
description: The award-winning barbecue cook and author of Brunswick Stew shares the flavorful history of the Old Dominions unique culinary heritage. With more than four hundred years of history Virginians lay claim to the invention of southern barbecue. Native Virginian Powhatan tribes slow roasted meat on wooden hurdles or grills. James Madison hosted grand barbecue parties during the colonial and federal eras. The unique combination of vinegar salt pepper oils and various spices forms the mouthwatering barbecue sauce that was first used by colonists in Virginia and then spread throughout the country. Today authentic Virginia barbecue is regionally diverse and remains culturally vital. Drawing on hundreds of historical and contemporary sources author competition barbecue judge and award-winning barbecue cook Joe Haynes documents the delectable history of barbecue in the Old Dominion.
language: English
title: Virginia Barbecue: A History
publisher: Arcadia Publishing