you re looking at politics. you re looking at medicine. you re looking at the advanced thinking. anthony: i ll agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. glenn: you got it. anthony: chef mike lata s restaurant fig was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products that you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as i d like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i could not resist the soft shell crabs, which are just in season. with a pasta and shaved bottarga, which frankly, i d slit my best friend s throat for. glenn: wow, that looks great. anthony: yeah. glenn: that s beautiful. anthony: it s sweet. when you had your first forkful of proper rice is there an instinct to go out and sort of bludgeon the rest of the world into understanding what you have just come to understand. glenn: i did not run up and down the streets
you have the play of the french influence into the cuisine right here. the flavors and textures and food ways of west africa are all over southern cooking. and there are few better places to see how short the line between there and here than gullah culture. i m really enjoying this. i got to tell you. this is so delicious. oh, my. african is traditional gullah cooking. i think what happens is you change the location of the people but you did not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with with their traditions. if you look at the history of american food, you ll quickly see this is one of the first true cuisines of america. what s that? what is this? this looks good. west africa right. soft shell crabs, in a decidedly west african peanut stew with carolina rice, sauteed squash, and zucchini. oh, that s so good. it s been a while since i ve
local products that you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as i d like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i could not resist the soft shell crabs, which are just in season. with a pasta and shaved bottarga, which frankly, i d slit my best friend s throat for. glenn: wow, that looks great. anthony: yeah. glenn: that s beautiful. anthony: it s sweet. when you had your first forkful of proper rice is there an instinct to go out and sort of bludgeon the rest of the world into understanding what you have just come to understand. glenn: i did not run up and down the streets of charleston. it was tough to dislodge people here so i just went straight to san francisco and i gave away tons of product. and guess what? they went crazy. anthony: slow baked black bass, anson mills farrow, ramps in season, and lettuces. and this ode to all things glenn
you re looking at politics. you re looking at medicine. you re looking at the advanced thinking. anthony: i ll agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. glenn: you got it. anthony: chef mike lata s restaurant fig was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products that you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as i d like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i could not resist the soft shell crabs, which are just in season. with a pasta and shaved bottarga, which frankly, i d slit my best friend s throat for. glenn: wow, that looks great. anthony: yeah. glenn: that s beautiful. anthony: it s sweet. when you had your first forkful of proper rice is there an instinct to go out and sort of bludgeon the rest of the world into understanding what you have just come to understand. glenn: i did not run up and down the streets
you re looking at politics. you re looking at medicine. you re looking at the advanced thinking. anthony: i ll agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. glenn: you got it. anthony: chef mike lata s restaurant fig was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products that you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as i d like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i could not resist the soft shell crabs, which are just in season. with a pasta and shaved bottarga, which frankly, i d slit my best friend s throat for. glenn: wow, that looks great. anthony: yeah. glenn: that s beautiful. anthony: it s sweet. when you had your first forkful of proper rice is there an instinct to go out and sort of bludgeon the rest of the world into understanding what you have just come to understand. glenn: i did not run up and down the streets