Chocolate Fudge and Sea Salt Pie, Southern Smoke: Barbecue, Traditions, and Treasured Recipes Reimagined for Today, Photography by Felicia Perry Trujillo
For years, Matthew Register, the owner and pitmaster of Southern Smoke Barbecue, has been obsessed with the history of southern recipes. Armed with a massive collection of cookbooks from the 1900s and overflowing boxes of recipe cards from his grandmother, he hits the kitchen. Over weeks, sometimes months, he forges updated versions of timeworn classics. Locals and tourists alike flock to his restaurant in Garland, North Carolina (population 700), to try these unique dishes.