Being away from
Charleston for periods of time made me appreciate where I m from and the richness of the city you know, the food, the culture. Just the serenity of being here is what I love most, says chef Kardea Brown, who grew up spending time between the sea isle of Wadmalaw Island and the suburb of West Ashley. She was raised by her mother and grandmother, who taught her all about Gullah cooking, and it s those foodways and traditions that she celebrates in her Food Network series,
As with her show, which highlights a side of the well-loved South Carolina city that outsiders don t often see, Brown s Charleston is one that s drenched in nostalgia, where the shiny, new, gushed-over spots often take a back seat to old family favorites that likely won t appear in a guidebook. In other words, it s home a place that she s clinging to even as the city grows by leaps and bounds.