
John T. Edge travels around the region, introducing viewers to Southern tastemakers, food, culture and history.

The subject of endless magazine listicles and breathless influencer reels; is it possible to sidestep the algorithms and really see and hear and taste Charleston?

Across generations, people have flocked to this Atlantic Coast city to follow their dreams; farmworkers from south Georgia arrived here in search of jobs as longshoremen; immigrants from Lebanon came in search of religious and economic freedom.

Greek natives and their kin built the Birmingham restaurant scene, from barbecue joints to hot dog stands to steakhouses; Bright Star, founded in 1907, is the old guard and Johnny's is the new guard Greek restaurant.

Pablo Rivadeneyra rotisserie cooks lime-marinated chicken; Larry and Betty Jean Scott work a smoke-belching pit at Scott's BBQ; in these two places, we get a glimpse of the hard work that defines life in the South.