East Austin's Most Exciting New Joint Serves "Modern African American" Barbecue – Texas Monthly
East Austin’s Most Exciting New Joint Serves “Modern African American” Barbecue Former fine-dining chef Damien Brockway shows off his barbecue chops and nods to his ancestors with West African spices and unexpected cuts of meat. April 5, 2021 Smoked chuck, rather than brisket, is the beef offering at Distant Relatives barbecue truck in East Austin. Photograph by Daniel Vaughn Damien Brockway was sick of cooking the food people expected from him. A native of Norfolk, Connecticut, Brockway graduated from the Culinary Institute of America nearly two decades ago, and has since worked in hig...