Anthony Bourdain travels to Charleston, South Carolina, a place he says has "almost too many beautiful buildings, almost too many incredibly talented chefs and almost too much really, really good food."
Along the way, he stops in for a Charleston River Dogs baseball game. The River Dogs are a minor league feeder team for the New York Yankees, and Charleston resident Bill Murray is one of the owners.
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Angel Oak Tree is a popular attraction on John's Island, just near Charleston. It stands 65 feet tall and its canopy of trunks and limbs provides close to 17,000 square feet of shade.
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Anthony Bourdain's guide around Charleston is chef Sean Brock, who Bourdain calls "one of America's most important chefs."
Th pair stop for whole hog barbecue with legendary pitmaster Rodney Scott.
"This is what we call pork spaghetti," chef Sean Brock says.
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Rodney Scott's barbecue place is about a two-hour drive from Charleston in Hemingway, South Carolina.
His family has been in the barbecue business since 1972.
He cooks each pig for about 12 hours.
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Behold, a barbecued wild turkey.
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The flavors, textures and foodways of West Africa are all over Southern cooking. Chef BJ Dennis has made it a personal mission to celebrate and protect the culinary traditions his ancestors passed down to him.
Here, he cooks blue crabs Gullah-style on Mosquito Beach.
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Chef Sean Brock calls shrimp and grits "the dish of Charleston." He serves up a version of it at his restaurant Husk in downtown Charleston.
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Bourdain also dines at FIG Restaurant in Charleston, one of the first and most important restaurants in the city's culinary scene.
Chef Mike Lata prepares Wadmalaw Island asparagus salad with fromage blanc, green garlic, carrot and quinoa.
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Another dish served at FIG is a slow-baked black bass with Anson Mills farro and ramps.
Anson Mills is an heirloom grain company started by Glenn Roberts. Bourdain accredits "a lot of the southern revival" to Roberts.
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Soft shell crab with lemon pasta and shaved bottarga at FIG restaurant.
A dish "which frankly, I'd slit my best friend's throat for," Bourdain says.
