John Shelton Reed, retired professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, worldwide authority on Southern Culture and co-author of Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, about the book and what Rick Perry ought to know about North Carolina Barbecue and its connections to the state’s politics.

For background check John Blythe’s comments at

http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2011/09/22/can-rick-perry-learn-to-love-real-barbecue/