Barbecue Book from Beyond the Grave!

In the “you can’t believe everything you see in a catalog” department: Simon and Schuster is listing a December release for a new book by Charles M. Schulz: Celebrating America: The Ultimate Guide to America’s 4 Regional Styles of ‘Cue.

Alas, it does not appear to be the case that Sparky is reaching out from the spirit realm to inform us about just what it is this nation slathers on its ribs. This is almost certainly a messed-up listing for the new paperback edition of Dotty Griffith’s Celebrating Barbecue: The Ultimate Guide to America’s 4 Regional Styles of ‘Cue.

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