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175. Rich Harmon, “Brenda’s, Cotton’s Enter Ala. Barbecue Hall of Fame,” Montgomery Advertiser, June 24, 2015.
176. Van Sykes, interview by Mark A. Johnson.
177. Okarmus, “Brenda’s Bar-B-Que Pit Winning Flavor Is Family.”
178. Shahin, “They Fed the Civil Rights Movement.”
179. Hickman, interview by Johnson.
180. Selma Times-Journal, “Lannie’s Makes Barbecue Hall of Fame,” June 24, 2015; Hatcher, interview by Johnson.
181. Hatcher, interview by Johnson.
182. Ibid.
183. Ibid.
184. Hickman, interview by Johnson.
185. Shahin, “They Fed the Civil Rights Movement.”
186. Ibid.
187. Hatcher, interview by Johnson.
188. Hickman, interview by Johnson.
189. Hatcher, interview by Johnson.
190. Simon, “Dreamland Barbecue.”
191. Ibid.
192. Ibid.
193. Ibid.
194. Chanda Temple, “Dreamland CEO Betsy McAtee’s Journey from Retail to Ribs,” Birmingham Magazine, March 24, 2016, www.al/bhammag/index.ssf/2016/03/dreamland_ceo_betsy_mcatees_jo.html.
195. Ibid.
196. Ibid.
197. Ibid.
198. Archibald, interview by Evans.
199. Nancy Lewis, “Archibald’s: Another Barbecue Legend Grows Near Tuscaloosa,” Washington Post, November 28, 1999, G7.
200. Robert Sutton, “Archibald’s: Best BBQ,” Tuscaloosa News, October 31, 2011.
201. Archibald, interview by Evans; Claiborne, Weir and Snow, “Finger Lickin’ Good.”
202. Sutton, “Archibald’s: Best BBQ.”
203. Bob Carlton, “The ’Bama Seven Alabama Barbecue Joints Make the Cut,” Birmingham News, February 25, 2009, 1D.
204. Claiborne, Weir and Snow, “Finger Lickin’ Good.”
205. Sara Camp Milam, “Celebrate Archibald’s Bar-B-Q on November 6,” Southern Foodways Alliance, www.southernfoodways.org/celebrate-archibalds-bar-b-q-on-november-6.
206. Lewis, “Archibald’s,” G7.
207. Pihakis, interview by Johnson.
208. Tuscaloosa News, “Born for Barbecue,” September 4, 2011.
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209. Altschuler and Blumin, GI Bill; May, Homeward Bound.
210. Ibid.
211. Blas, “Dwight D. Eisenhower National System,” 127–42.
212. Hurley, “From Hash House to Family Restaurant,” 1282–308; Moss, Barbecue, 194–98.
213. Ebony Davis, “Dothan’s Dobbs Famous Bar-B-Que Inducted into State Hall of Fame,” Dothan Eagle, June 23, 2015.
214. McLemore, interview by Evans; Lilly, interview by Johnson.
215. Matsos, interview by Evans.
216. Rick Harmon, “Brenda’s, Cotton’s Enter Ala. Barbecue Hall of Fame,” Montgomery Advertiser, June 23, 2015.
217. Tuscaloosa News, “Three Local Barbecue Restaurants to Be Honored in Hall of Fame,” June 23, 2015.
218. Johnny’s Bar-B-Q, “Our Story,” accessed February 3, 2017, johnnysbarbq.com/our-story.
219. Laura Gaddy, “The Rocket in Jacksonville: Still a Blast from the Past,” Anniston Star, August 10, 2014.
220. Herbert J. Lewis, “Birmingham,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed February 6, 2017, www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1421.
221. Ibid.
222. Carlile’s Restaurant, “Our History,” accessed February 2, 2016, www.carliles.net/History1.htm.
223. Carlile’s Barbecue, “Our Story,” accessed February 2, 2016, www.carlilesbbq.com.
224. Ibid., Home Page, accessed February 2, 2016, www.carlilesbbq.com.
225. Carlile’s Restaurant, “Our History”; Carlile’s Barbecue, “Menu,” www.carlilesbbq.com/menu-1.
226. Carlile’s Restaurant, “Our History.”
227. Michael Seale, “Collat Family Looking to Rebrand, Re-Energize Carlile’s BBQ,” Birmingham Business Journal, May 18, 2016, www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2016/05/16/collat-family-looking-to-rebrand-re-energize.html.
228. Ibid.
229. Richard Headrick, interview by Evans.
230. Susie Headrick, interview by Evans.
231. Ibid.
232. Richard Headrick, interview by Evans.
233. Tony Headrick, interview by Johnson.
234. Susie Headrick, interview by Evans.
235. Richard Headrick, interview by Evans.
236. Tony Headrick, interview by Johnson.
237. Richard Headrick, interview by Evans.
238. Tony Headrick, interview by Johnson; Richard Headrick, interview by Evans, Susie Headrick, interview by Evans.
239. Tony Headrick, interview by Johnson.
240. Ibid.
241. Pettit, interview by Evans.
242. Ibid.
243. Pettit, interview by Johnson.
244. Ibid.
245. Ibid.
246. Ibid.
247. Pettit, interview by Evans.
248. Van Sykes, interview by Johnson.
249. Pettit, interview by Johnson.
250. Ibid.
251. Ibid.
252. Pettit, interview by Evans.
253. Pettit, interview by Johnson.
254. Phillips, interview by Johnson.
255. Pettit, interview by Johnson.
256. Maxine and Van Sykes, interview by Evans.
257. Van Sykes, interview by Johnson.
258. Ibid.
259. Ibid.
260. Ibid.; Maxine and Van Sykes, interview by Evans.
261. Van Sykes, interview by Johnson.
262. Ibid.
263. Ibid.
264. Ibid.
265. Bob Sykes Bar-B-Q, “Menu,” accessed March 30, 2016, www.bobsykes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=227& Itemid=548.
266. Maxine and Van Sykes, interview by Evans.
267. Nakos, interview by Johnson.
268. Nakos, interview by York.
269. Ibid.
270. Ibid.
271. Nakos, interview by Johnson.
272. Ibid.
273. Nakos, interview by York.
274. Bob Carlton, “Homewood’s Demetri’s BBQ Makes Playboy’s List of 101 Best Breakfasts in America,” AL.com, accessed Feb. 2, 2016, www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/11/homewoods_demetris_bbq_makes_p.html.
275. Nakos, interview by York.
276. Greg Schmidt, “Huntsville,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed February 8, 2017, www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2498.
277. James P. Kaetz, “Muscle Shoals,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed February 8, 2017, www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-3035; Sarah Lawless, “Florence,” Encyclopedia of Alabama, accessed February 8, 2017, www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2121.
278. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 27; Kornegay, “Mud Creek,” 30.
279. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue; Kornegay, “Mud Creek,” 30.
280. Wes Mayberry, “Caldwell First-Grader,” Daily Sentinel, November 1, 2014.
281. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 27; Kornegay, “Mud Creek,” 30.
282. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 27; Kornegay, “Mud Creek,” 30.
283. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 27; Kornegay, “Mud Creek,” 30.
284. Bill Campbell, “Initial BBQ Hall of Fame Lists 3 from Shoals,” Times Daily, June 24, 2015.
285. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 21.
286. Flo2Go, “Dick Howell’s BBQ,” accessed February 1, 2017, www.flo2go.net/r/141/restaurants/delivery/Barbeque/Dick-Howells-BBQ-Florence.
287. Bobby Bozeman, “Year of Alabama BBQ Kicks Off; Press Conference in Shoals Announces Tourism Campaign Locally,” Times Daily, March 3, 2015.
288. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 35.
289. Old Greenbrier Restaurant, “About Us,” accessed February 5, 2017, www.oldgreenbrier.com/aboutus.
290. Lewallen, interview by Johnson; Thompson, Alabam
a Barbecue, 35.
291. Decatur Daily, obituary of Martin Westmoreland “Buddy” Evans, October 7, 2011; Bayne Hughes, “Brothers Work Hard to Keep Hometown Feel at Greenbrier,” Decatur Daily, March 30, 2014.
292. Lewallen, interview by Johnson.
293. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 35.
294. Catherine Awasthi, “Rick Singleton Wins Lauderdale County Sheriff ’s Race,” WHNT News, accessed February 2, 2017, whnt.com/2014/11/04/rick-singleton-wins-lauderdale-county-sheriff; Alabama Republican Party, “Rising Republican Star Rick Singleton,” accessed February 3, 2017, algop.org/rising-republican-star-rick-singleton.
295. Ball, interview by Johnson.
296. Campbell, “Initial BBQ Hall of Fame Lists 3 from Shoals.”
297. Carter Watkins, “Florence Barbecue Restaurant, Singleton’s, Closes Its Doors after 58 Years of Service,” WHNT News, accessed February 9, 2017, whnt.com/2015/04/30/florence-barbecue-restaurant-singletons-closes-its-doors-after-58-years-of-service.
298. Campbell, “Initial BBQ Hall of Fame Lists 3 from Shoals.”
299. Ibid.; Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 36.
300. Campbell, “Initial BBQ Hall of Fame Lists 3 from Shoals.”
301. Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 36.
302. Ibid.
303. Ibid.
304. Whitt’s Barbecue, “History,” accessed February 3, 2017, www.whitts3.com/Content/2/Summary.aspx.
305. Ibid.
306. Tiffeny Owens, “Still Smokin’,” Decatur Daily, February 29, 2012.
307. Black, “Pit Master’s Welcome.”
308. Owens, “Still Smokin’.”
309. Ibid.
310. Lee Sentell, “Foreword,” Thompson, Alabama Barbecue, 5.
311. Ibid.
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312. Oosterveer and Sonnenfeld, Food, Globalization and Sustainability, 1–3.
313. Ibid.
314. Dimitri and Oberholtzer, “Marketing U.S. Organic Foods,” i–iv.
315. Jeannette Beranger, “Heritage Breeds: Why They’re Important,” Mother Earth News, April 1, 2016, 28–33.
316. Travel & Tourism Market Research Handbook, “Culinary Tourism,” January 1, 2014, 260–66.
317. Brown, Birmingham Food, 55, 63.
318. Ibid; Pihakis, interview by Johnson.
319. Pihakis, interview by Johnson.
320. Ibid.; Jim ’n Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q, “Menu,” accessed February 12, 2017, www.jimnnicks.com/menus/greystone/bar-b-q.
321. Jim ’n Nick’s Community Bar-B-Q, “Our Locations,” accessed February 13, 2017, www.jimnnicks.com/locations.
322. Ibid., “Chef Drew Robinson,” accessed February 12, 2017, www.jimnnicks.com.
323. Pihakis, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 64.
324. Tuscaloosa News, “Jim ’N Nick’s Named State’s Best Barbecue Restaurant,” April 9, 2013; Pihakis, interview by Johnson; Bob Carlton, “Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Alex City Restaurants and Chefs Among 2015 James Beard Semifinalists,” AL.com, February 18, 2015, www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/02/birmingham_alex_city_wellrepr.html.
325. Pihakis, interview by Johnson.
326. Ibid.
327. Ibid.; FatbackCollective.com, “Our Story,” accessed December 2, 2013, www.fatbackcollective.com/our-story.php; Brown, Birmingham Food, 65–66.
328. Brown, Birmingham Food, 65, 99–108.
329. Fernandez, interview by Johnson.
330. Ibid.
331. Ibid.
332. Ibid.; Patrick Rupinski, “Moe’s Returns,” Tuscaloosa News, January 24, 2010.
333. Fernandez, interview by Johnson.
334. Ibid.
335. Ibid.
336. Ibid.; Rupinski, “Moe’s Returns.”
337. Fernandez, interview by Johnson.
338. Ibid.
339. Rupinski, “Moe’s Returns,.”
340. Fernandez, interview by Johnson.
341. Ibid.
342. Ibid.
343. Ibid.
344. Ibid.
345. Ibid.
346. Wilson, interview by Johnson.
347. Ibid.; Brown, Birmingham Food, 66–68.
348. Wilson, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 66–68;
349. Wilson, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 66–68.
350. Wilson, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 66–68.
351. Wilson, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 68.
352. Saw’s BBQ, “Saw’s Juke Joint, Crestline,” accessed February 11, 2017, www.sawsbbq.com/locations/saws-juke-joint.
353. Wilson, interview by Johnson.
354. Ibid.; Saw’s BBQ, “Saw’s BBQ Homewood Restaurant Menu,” accessed February 12, 2017, www.sawsbbq.com/locations/saws-juke-jointhttp://www.sawsbbq.com/menu-category/homewood-restaurant-menu.
355. McRae, interview by Johnson.
356. Wilson, interview by Johnson; Brown, Birmingham Food, 68.
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357. CNN Eatocracy, “5@5—Drew Robinson on Why Barbecue Matters,” accessed February 13, 2017, cnneatocracy.wordpress. com/2011/01/25/55-chefpitmaster-drew-robinson.
358. Atlanta Constitution, “Marksmen at a Barbecue: Montgomery’s Swell Shooting Club Takes an Outing,” May 9, 1895, 2.
359. Ibid., “Alabama Bar Association: Lawyers Have Annual Meeting and Delightful Barbecue,” July 2, 1897, 3.
360. Laura J. Axelrod, “Barbecue Clubs Kindle a Savory Rural Tradition,” Birmingham News, April 18, 2008.
361. McAlpine and Burnes, “Barbecue Clubs of Sumter County,” 8–9.
362. Axelrod, “Barbecue Clubs.”
363. McAlpine and Burnes, “Barbecue Clubs of Sumter County,” 10.
364. Axelrod, “Barbecue Clubs.”
365. McAlpine and Burnes, “Barbecue Clubs of Sumter County,” 8–11.
366. Axelrod, “Barbecue Clubs.”
367. McAlpine and Burnes, “Barbecue Clubs of Sumter County,” 8–11.
368. Axelrod, “Barbecue Clubs.”
369. Ibid.
370. Burnes, “Life, Death and Barbecue,” 29–43.
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