Recently we published a culinary investigation into the hotly debated question, "Where does pastrami really come from?" There’s a rumor about the history of pastrami. That it’s from Texas, not New York. The idea has been kicking around since 2015,...

There’s a rumor about history of pastrami. That it’s from Texas, not New York. The idea has been kicking around since 2015, first as wild speculation by a New York food critic, then as probable fact by the magazine Texas Monthly. If this controversy...