Thursday, May 22, 2008

Salute to Turkey cooks up cool connection for Memphis

"Salute to Turkey cooks up cool connection for Memphis

Turkey, Beale St. and barbecue are three names that seem an unlikely combination, but the Beale St. Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest—as part of the Memphis in May Salute to Turkey—provide a fortuitous connection. The annual tribute to another country acknowledges that nations are ever more interdependent in many areas, not the least of which is respecting diversity and being good stewards of the land, sea and sky."

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