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Jim Auchmutey author program

Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, June 25, 2019 - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDT

Jim Auchmutey follows the delicious and contentious history of barbecue in America from the ox roast that celebrated the groundbreaking for the U.S. Capitol building to the first barbecue launched into space almost two hundred years later. The narrative covers the golden age of political barbecues, the evolution of the barbecue restaurant, the development of backyard cooking, and the recent rediscovery of traditional barbecue craft.

All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.

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