{"product_id":"wildsam-field-guides-texas-barbecue-9781467199421","title":"Wildsam Field Guides: Texas Barbecue","description":"Wildsam Photo Almanac: Texas Barbecue celebrates and explores the diverse traditions, joints and pitmasters that come together to create the Lone Star State's most famous foodway. Inside, legends like Tootsie Tomanetz, Mando Vera, and Robert Patillo share the persistence and passion needed to be a lifelong pitmaster, innovators like Mark Scott and Evan LeRoy talks about what it takes to serve top-notch barbecue today, and photographer Wyatt McScpadden discusses a career devoted to capturing barbecue's best. Topics covered include how to source the best post oak, the origin stories of institutions and upstarts, the magic of mesquite, real barbacoa, all things brisket, family histories, how geography informs smoking styles, and the nostalgic favorites that endure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce, Taylor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the Traveler 50 award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.","brand":"Wildsam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635322065170,"sku":"9781467199421","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf50d57b-a864-4951-9f76-ac0fb6b7dde1.jpg?v=1732840686","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wildsam-field-guides-texas-barbecue-9781467199421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}