Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Mississippi Delta in the 1870s, working as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. In this episode of Hidden Kitchens we go to Clarksdale where BBQ, the blues and a kind of Lebanese meat loaf meet — at the legendary intersection of the Highways 61 and 49, where bluesman Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil.

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An ongoing series exploring the world of hidden kitchens: street corner cooking, legendary meals and eating traditions...how communities come together through food. Produced by the Kitchen Sisters.
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Folge vom 04.02.2008Kibbe at the Crossroads: Lebanese Kitchens in the Mississippi Delta
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Folge vom 14.01.2008The Legend of Stubb's BarbecueIn the 1970s, C.B. Stubblefield's BBQ joint and roadhouse in Lubbock, Texas became a gathering spot for an emerging Texas music scene --Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Jesse Taylor, Terry Allen and many Texas greats played there regularly lured in by Stubb's great BBQ and beautiful nature. C.B Stubblefield, a former army cook in the last all Black regiment of the Korean War, generously fed and supported both black and white musicians, creating an atmosphere of community and breaking barriers in the still segregated region. Over the years Stubb's fed the likes of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Emmy Lou Harris, the Rolling Stones, Robert Cray, Los Lobos, Stevie Ray Vaugn and the list goes on.