awesomeness, and then there s charleston. the south is not important h . there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness and then there is charleston. for some time now important things have been happening with food, a lot of them having to do with this guy. found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder [ music ] la la la la la what are we drinking? beer? harder stuff? what s going on? i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. budweiser and jagermeister. what are we drinking? beer, hard stuff? what s going on? i usually go with budweiser and yeager meister. any notion of going local right out the window. chairs. the first one is never good. the first one is never good. it gets easier after the first one. this is not my first time to charleston, as you know. i did a show here before and i am still taking heat about it and apparently i really upped the first time i came here. i made a number of errors, apparently none mo
anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there s charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy. [ laughter ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: what are we drinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what s going on? sean: i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. anthony: budweiser and a jagermeister? so any notion of going local right out the window. sean: yeah. bartender: two jagers? anthony: uh, yeah, two jagers. yeah. cheers. good to see you again, man. sean: cheers, man. the first one s never good. the first one is never good. but it gets easier after the first one. anthony: so, look, um, this is no
amazing. this is good. this is ridiculously good. people who say they do not like turkey need to eat this. it is one of those distinctly american mutations, kind of like rock n roll or jazz or blues. there is really nothing like it in america. it has been unique since the early part of the 18th century and the city works hard to preserve that. we have an incredibly gorgeous city that people want to visit. the clientele definitely gives us the opportunity to be this progressive. it almost pushes us to be more than we can be. we have a active cuisine and we have recovered these ingredients and we discovered the agricultural influence that were destroyed in the 20th century, but we are not just re- creating history, we are not
anthony: mm-hmm, oh there s my weakness right there. sean: and we made you some very special bright orange mac and cheese. anthony: mac and cheese. i do love bright orange mac and cheese, as you know. and that s a turkey. sean: yup. anthony: let that be a lesson to you. jeff: like going to grandma s house. anthony: mike lata from fig is here and jeff alan, owner of rebellion farm. so at this point, how many others are there like you guys, like, who are basically keeping it real as far as real southern culinary traditions as opposed to sort of the jokey ones? sean: i feel like just about everybody here is. mike: yeah, more than you would think. anthony: well, how many people is that? mike: 12? sean: yeah, in a town like this, that s pretty amazing. anthony: god damn, this is good. pig s feet and green is just ridiculously good. jeff: this is really moist for a wild turkey. sean: people who say they don t like turkey need to eat this. mike: so what s your
ridiculously good. jeff: this is really moist for a wild turkey. sean: people who say they don t like turkey need to eat this. mike: so what s your impression of charleston? anthony: it s a, you know, it s one of those weird, distinctly american mutations, kind of like rock n roll or jazz or blues. sean: that s what makes charleston so cool, though. there s really nothing else like it in america, and it s been unique since the early part of the 18th century. and the city works hard to preserve that. we have an incredibly gorgeous city that people want to visit so we have the advantage of tourism. mike: the clientele definitely gives us the opportunity to be this progressive or relevant. sean: they almost push us to be more than we can even be. jeff: we have an active cuisine. i mean, we recovered all these, you know, ingredients and rediscovered a lot of the agricultural influences that were destroyed in the 20th century, but we re not we re not just recreating hist