Charleston’s Only Chef-Led Culinary & History Tour
Walk the French Quarter. Learn from a chef. Taste history.
Inside a glass of Cannon Distillery’s single-barrel Wadmalaw Island Rhum Agricole lies the story of Purple Ribbon sugarcane—an extinct heirloom crop brought back to Sea Island soil through science, history, and community. Discover how South Carolina's agricultural repatriation movement is concentrating coastal terroir from field to glass.
Explore the lost history of Henry’s on Market Street, one of Charleston’s most influential restaurants. Rare 1939 and postwar menus reveal how Lowcountry seafood, deviled crab, French culinary technique, and Chef John Bolton helped shape the evolution of Charleston dining.
In the humid, salt-crusted twilight of 1970s Charleston, Chef Serge Claire understood a fundamental truth: the most beautiful things are built on ruins. At 235 Meeting Street, he transformed a derelict shell into Restaurant Marianne—one of the most important French kitchens in Charleston history—and in doing so, gave the city a dish that still echoes …
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A French Quarter Culinary Tradition, adapted by Chef Forrest Parker The Pompano: A Coastal Inheritance There is a silver-scaled elegance to the Pompano that demands reverence—a quiet, salt-licked alchemy of the South Carolina Lowcountry. This buttery marriage of delicate fish and briny crabmeat stuffing carries the same DNA of refinement we explored in our historical …
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By Forrest Parker Vintage postcard displaying World Famous Perdita's, inside and out. This historic gratin served as the calling card for Perdita’s, the midcentury Charleston landmark at 10 Exchange St. that once shared a pedigree with the finest dining rooms in Paris. Unlike its more modern, heavy-handed cousins, this Remick is a study in balance. …
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Charleston is a city that remembers through its bones—and few places hold more gravity than 10 Exchange St. From a muscular 18th-century warehouse to the legendary Perdita’s, discover the 300-year evolution of the Holy City’s most storied culinary landmark.
A Lowcountry Classic with a Sizzling Finish Carolina Gold rice built Charleston’s wealth, yet its history is inseparable from the forced labor and agricultural expertise of enslaved West Africans. Often called the “grandfather of long-grain rice,” this heirloom grain remains central to the story of the Lowcountry table. This Carolina Gold rice and chicken soup …
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Today, as the world rings in the Lunar New Year, the air in Charleston is filled with the scent of ginger, soy, and celebration. While we often think of “Charleston food” as a strictly Lowcountry affair—shrimp and grits or she-crab soup—the truth is that the “hidden wok” of the Holy City has been simmering for …
Francis Marion sharing a humble sweet potato meal during the American Revolution in South Carolina. As South Carolina observes the 250th Anniversary of our role in the American Revolution, few stories capture the spirit of Lowcountry food history quite like the legendary meal shared by Francis Marion, the Revolutionary War hero known as the Swamp …
Hey Y'all! Here's my Undiscovered Charleston April menu. Are you coming to visit Charleston, SC, want to take a food tour and are passionate about food and history? Then read on! What a fantastic April we've had on our Undiscovered Charleston food and history tour! We had great guests joining us from Toronto, the San …