The Griffon
Bourdain drank: beer, Jägermeister, Brock’s 1991 Stitzel-Weller bourbon
Drinks date: Sean Brock, executive chef at Husk
Husk
Bourdain ate: Ossabaw Island country ham with bread-and-butter pickles, old-fashioned oyster pie, shrimp and grits, pit beans with Carolina Gold rice, grilled whiting, suckling pig, and creamed corn with cornbread
Lunch dates: Sean Brock and actor Bill Murray
Cookout with Charleston chefs
Bourdain ate: barbecued turkey, pickled pigs’ feet and collard greens, barbecue coleslaw, potato salad with ramps, baked red peas, mac and cheese
Lunch dates: FIG owner and executive chef Mike Lata, Rebellion Farm owner Jeff Allen, and Sean Brock
Waffle House
Bourdain ate: pecan waffles, patty melt cheeseburger, green salad with Thousand Island dressing, thin-cut pork chops, T-bone steak, hash browns
Late-night dinner date: Sean Brock
Dinner on a Charleston fishing dock
Bourdain had: triggerfish and beer
Dinner dates: Mark Marhefka, owner of community-supported fishery Abundant Seafood, and Sean Brock
Dinner at Ashley Green’s house
Bourdain ate: local blue crab with shrimp butter, soft-shell crab and conch with peanut stew, Carolina Gold rice, and sautéed squash and zucchini
Dinner dates: Gullah chef BJ Dennis, Ashley Green, and Sean Brock
FIG
Bourdain ate: soft-shell crab with pasta and shaved bottarga, heirloom rice and peas with suckling pig and chicken confit over Carolina Gold rice
Dinner date: Glen Roberts, owner of heirloom grain company Anson Mills
Scott’s Bar-B-Que
Bourdain ate: slow-cooked barbecue with sliced white bread and coleslaw
Lunch dates: restaurant owner Rodney Scott and Sean Brock