Talarico Orders a Texas BBQ Feast After Paxton’s ‘Vegan’ Jab

James Talarico picked at the brisket with his bare hands and polished off a rack of pork ribs. Sausage links and “Texas Twinkies” — stuffed jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon — crowded the butcher paper on his overflowing tray of smoked meats. The best bite, he said, was a lemony concoction of pork chunks called “brakes.”