Ed Mitchell's Barbeque

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

A celebration of the history and tradition of whole-hog barbeque from the “most famous” pitmaster in North Carolina. Ed Mitchell’s journey in the barbeque business began in 1991 with a lunch for his mama, who was grieving the loss of Ed’s father. Ed drove to the nearby Piggly Wiggly to buy a thirty-five-pound pig—that’s a small one—and fired up the coals. As smoke filled the air and the pork skin started to crackle, the few customers at the family bodega started to inquire about lunch and what s