Soul Food Scholar Reclaims Barbecue for African American Culture in New Book 'Black Smoke'
*( LOS ANGELES) – For centuries, the creations and innovations of Blacks in America have been culturally appropriated — case in point, the true history of barbecue’s culinary origins. In his new book, “ Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue,” James Beard Award winning author Adrian Miller reclaims a celebrated African American tradition and reinforces barbecue as an important Black cultural contribution to American cuisine. Black Smoke is a delectable Black History lesson that takes a scholarly approach to tracing the evolution of barbecue in America. Fro...