By the19thcentury, the culinarytechniquewaswell establishedin the American South, andbecausepigswere prevalentin the region, pork became theprimary meat atbarbecues.
Lee is acutely aware of the Bay Area's two-pronged French culinary heritage the precise, technique-heavy strain epitomized by Keller in Napa Valley and the more hands-off, ingredient-based school of Waters in Berkeley.