My friends Olga and David once took us to a real Texas Barbecue place outside Austin. Fascinating. Delicious.Calvin Trillin, one of my favorite food writers, has a new article about a place near Austin in the current New Yorker: The best Texas BBQ in the world.
I haven't read any food articles by Calvin Trillin recently. This one isn't quite as amusing as his classic stuff from 20 or 30 years ago, but it's pretty good and I definitely recommend it.
I'm putting in my photo from Texas, taken in 2005. I think this place was much more formal than the one described in the article. I don't recall its name. [Update -- it seems to be the Salt Lick and is in Dripping Springs. Thanks, Ellen!]
I've been holding off on the food issue of The New Yorker until I have a quiet few hours next week to curl up in a comfy chair and read it cover to cover. Your Texas BBQ photo is making me drool....
ReplyDeleteI think this place is called the Salt Lick and is in Dripping Springs, that is how I remember it. I could not link to the article you reference. I would love to see the article. --Ellen, formerly of Austin...
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