{"product_id":"texas-bbq-9780292718586","title":"Texas BBQ","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo Texans  barbecue is elemental. Succulent  savory  perfumed with smoke and spice  it transcends the term \"comfort food.\" Its downright heavenly  and its also a staff of Texas life. Like a dust storm or a downpour  barbecue is a force of Texas nature  a stalwart tie to the states cultural and culinary history. Though the word is often shortened to \"BBQ \" the tradition of barbecue stands Texas-tall. Photographer Wyatt McSpadden has spent some twenty years documenting barbecuespecifically  the authentic family-owned cafes that are small-town mainstays. Traveling tens of thousands of miles  McSpadden has crisscrossed the state to visit scores of barbecue purveyors  from fabled sites like Kreuzs in Lockhart to remote spots like the Lazy H Smokehouse in Kirbyville. Color or black-and-white  wide angle or close up  his pictures convey the tradition and charm of barbecue. They allow the viewer to experience each place through all five senses. The shots of cooking meat and spiraling smoke make taste and smell almost tangible. McSpadden also captures the shabby appeal of the joints themselves  from huge  concrete-floored dining halls to tiny  un-air-conditioned shacks. Most of all  McSpadden conveys the primal physicality of barbecuethe heat of fire  the heft of meat  the slickness of juicesand also records ubiquitous touches such as ancient scarred carving blocks  torn screen doors and peeling linoleum  and toothpicks in a recycled pepper sauce jar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648247193653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0292718586","price":48.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780292718586.jpg?v=1781713498","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/texas-bbq-9780292718586","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}