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Is there a distinctive barbecue style in the state of mississippi? >> no. not that we can really discern at all. and it's part of the reason that we wanted to do this. we got our hands on this place and sort of been puzzled for years of what mississippi barbecue is all about. the more i dug into it, the less and less i could find. so what we wanted to do is sort of take a look at barbecue that surrounds us and see if we could sort of frankenstein barbecue. >> there isn't really any fixed idea of mississippi barbecue, and other than this place, lamar lounge, john currence's not-for-profit bar-r...

It's like putting your head in a bag full of snakes. i meet a bunch of them above city grocery, john currence's place on the square. there's the brilliant author tom franklin and his wife, the poet beth ann fennelly. grisham writers in residence, megan abbott, jack pendarvis, a poet chayuma elliott. bryce thompson a senior writer for espn. fellow writer on the series "treme," chris. novelist ace atkins. poet derek harell is originally from milwaukee. crime novelist billy boyle from brooklyn. downstairs, currence's restaurant city grocery cranks out many delicious things. the man known as big b...

>> no. not that we can really discern at all. and it's part of the reason that we wanted to do this. we got our hands on this place and sort of been puzzled for years of what mississippi barbecue is all about. the more i dug into it, the less and less i could find. so what we wanted to do is sort of take a look at barbecue that surrounds us and see if we could sort of frankenstein barbecue. >> there isn't really any fixed idea of mississippi barbecue, and other than this place, lamar lounge, john currence's not-for-profit bar-restaurant, there's no other pit-smoked whole hog barbecue in the en...

>> julia reed is greenville born and raised, the daughter of a political family, a writer, author and as delta as it gets. how long you been in mississippi? >> 22 years. i came in 1992. >> john currence is a celebrated chef who left new orleans to come to mississippi and open first one, then many more restaurants and businesses in the town of oxford. >> i've stayed busy. >> and this is doe's eat place in greenville. >> this is the great florence signa. >> so good to meet you. >> florence is in charge of the salad bowl and has been -- this is doe's senior sister-in-law. when did y'all open up, ...

A 175-pound pig will feed many mouths. about 250 people eat here a day. now, this is a not-for-profit establishment? >> yeah. >> is that right? >> yeah, it sure is. >> what sort of socialist communist stuff are you up to, currence? what's going on? this is the state of mississippi. >> just a feel-good type of guy. >> me, too. i've been here only a week and my sentences are starting to change already, because there's not just a physical rhythm to the speech, but the way i'm organizing my thoughts is starting to change. some of the oxford writers from last night managed to make it out of bed, he...