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Crabs, but this is shrimp butter instead of garlic butter, and then you have that play of, you know, the french influence into the cuisine right here. >> anthony: 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. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is tradition...

>> chef mike lattas restaurant, fig, was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as id like to illustrate that solid grounding in traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i would 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. wow, that looks great. >> yeah. >> thats...

Between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their traditions. >> sean: if you look at the history of american food and youll -- youll quickly see t...

Instead of garlic butter, and then you have that play of, you know, the french influence into the cuisine right here. >> anthony: 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. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: wel...

What is this? it looks good. >> b.j.: were going back to west africa. >> ashley: all right. >> anthony: soft shell crabs and conch in a decidedly west african inflected peanut stew with carolina rice, sauteed squash, and zucchini. >> anthony: oh, thats so good. >> sean: man, its been a while since ive had conch. >> anthony: clearly, i mean, correct me if im wrong, sean, theres a different kind of interest in charleston that existed 20 years ago, right? is something happening here and is it a goo...

Between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their traditions. >> sean: if you look at the history of american food and youll -- youll quickly see t...

Youre looking at medicine, youre looking at the advanced thinking. >> ill agree with you, theres nothing more political than food. >> you got it. >> chef mike lattas restaurant, fig, was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene. determined to source the kind of local products you used to find everywhere in the low country. as much as id like to illustrate that solid grounding in traditional ingredients and preparations with my order, i would not resist the soft shell crabs whi...

To see how short the line between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their traditions. >> sean: if you look at the history of american food and yo...

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. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their t...

To see how short the line between there and here than gullah culture. >> anthony: im really enjoying this, i got to tell you. >> sean: this is so delicious. >> ashley: oh my goodness. >> anthony: how african is traditional gullah cooking? >> ashley: well, i think what happens is you change the location of the people, but you do not change who the people were. you did not change the information that they came with, with their traditions. >> sean: if you look at the history of american food and yo...