This month marks the anniversary of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Traveling is tough, but we’ve learned new protocols and become cautiously optimistic about venturing out again. It’s hard work in the Texas heat for Travis Mayes preparing barbecue for the legions of hungry fans who line up at the window in Garland. The family-run business was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and then the St. Valentine’s weekend freeze broke the water pipes and the firewood was stolen. (Photo by Gerald E. McLeod)
A cold smoker in Garland. For more than 40 years Meshack’s BBQ Shack in the suburbs west of Dallas has been serving smoked meats out of a cinder-block building. It’s a small, family-run business with
PRB pretzel me ASAP
Few items go together better than beer and pretzels. Now you can consume them at the same time with Pabst Blue Ribbon Mini Pretzel Wrapped Beer Brats.
The snack, which looks like the party snack pigs in a blanket, contains miniature hardwood-smoked bratwurst cooked in the iconic beer that are then wrapped in pretzel bread. The product retails for $9 to $10 per 20-ounce pack. Our partnership with Pabst Brewing gave us the opportunity to capitalize on our wrapped-protein expertise to create a truly unique snacking and entertaining product using Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer to create a fun twist on the classic Pigs-in-a-Blanket appetizer, Josh Harris, president and founder of Distinctive Foods, said in a statement.