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awesomeness, and then theres 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? whats going on? i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. budwei...

>> anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then theres 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 s...

>> reporter: his restaurant, fig , was one of the first and most important on the charleston scene, determined to source local products that you used to find everywhere. as much as i would like to illustrate solid grounding and traditional ingredients with my order, i could not resist the soft sell crabs which are in season with pasta and shaved. which i would slit my best friends broke for. that is beautiful. >> when you had your first forkful of proper rice, was there an instinct to go out and...

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. ...

Be? and by starting the heirloom grain company anson mills, decided to do something about it. so why do this? why does 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. your...

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...

>> 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...

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...