Brunswick Stew

I always thought Georgia was the cradle of the one, true Brunswick Stew—that’s what my Georgia relatives told me—but there are rumblings in some counties of North Carolina and Virginia that lay claim to its creation. Only one thing about this rich potpourri of meats and vegetables is certain: it is pure Southern roccoco. This humble country stew replaced the lavish barbecues of ante-bellum days—politicians ladled it out to skeptical voters at rallies from Reconstruction on. Since it can’t b