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I am a Louisiana-born and based freelance writer and professional historian. I've written on food and travel and books for Oxford American, Garden & Gun, Southern Living, Spirit, Saveur, The Local Palate, and other publications.

Currently, I am writing a personal narrative about my journey into the heart of barbecue, specifically whole-hog barbecue — a culinary art form that is disappearing and experiencing a renaissance at the exact same moment — and the professional pitmasters who make a living firing, smoking, flipping, and chopping 200+ pound pigs. That book is out in the Spring of 2016 by Simon & Schuster/Touchstone.

In addition to the freelance life, I wear a second, scholarly, hat, carving out a small niche in the academic world. I ho ...more

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	Southern Rock Opera 3.89 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brown Pelican 4.68 avg rating — 53 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The One True Barbecue: Fire, Smoke, and the Pitmasters Who Cook the Whole Hog 4.08 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Larder: Food Studies Methods from the American South (Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place Book 4) by John T. Edge (Editor), Andrew Warnes (Contributor), Angela Jill Cooley (Contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imagining the Creole City: The Rise of Literary Culture in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars