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This has changed my life. im now going to make this forever. this is amazing. >> for me, the contrast of hot beans with cold -- is a revelation. and who would have thought those ugly fish could taste so exquisite? but apparently theres more. these are soft-shelled crabs? >> exacto. [ speaking non-english ] >> these blue crabs must be caught just before they shed their exoskeleton and then cooked straight after, while theyre still soft. [ speaking non-english ] >> oh, look at that. thats gorgeous...

Compelled to answer? >> glenn: im a cuisine whore, you know? i think that culture is interactive with cuisine, as soon as you look at cuisine, youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. >> glenn: you got it. >> anthony: chef mike latas restaurant fig was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products that y...

Why do something as unwanted, meaning nobody was particularly crying out, "you know what we need? we need rice that used to taste like it did in 1837. we need grits, better grits." what called to you that you felt compelled to answer? >> glenn: im a cuisine whore, you know? i think that culture is interactive with cuisine, as soon as you look at cuisine, youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is noth...

Meaning nobody was particularly crying out, "you know what we need? we need rice that used to taste like it did in 1837. we need grits, better grits." what called to you that you felt compelled to answer? >> glenn: im a cuisine whore, you know? i think that culture is interactive with cuisine, as soon as you look at cuisine, youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. ...

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, id slit my best friends throat for. >> glenn: wow, that looks great. >> anthony: yeah. >> glenn: thats beautiful. >> anthony: its 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...

Youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. >> glenn: you got it. >> anthony: chef mike latas 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 id like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparatio...

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. im 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 ...

Local products that you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as id 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, id slit my best friends throat for. >> glenn: wow, that looks great. >> anthony: yeah. >> glenn: thats beautiful. >> anthony: its sweet. when you had your first forkful of proper rice is there an instin...

Youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. >> glenn: you got it. >> anthony: chef mike latas 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 id like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparatio...

Youre looking at politics. youre looking at medicine. youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> anthony: ill agree with you that there is nothing more political than food. >> glenn: you got it. >> anthony: chef mike latas 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 id like to illustrate that solid grounding and traditional ingredients and preparatio...