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

Burger Burger in Biloxi, Miss.; for po-boy loaves, layered with double patties and onion sauce; Troy's Snack Shack in Montezuma, Ga., for sloppy chili-slaw burgers; Hamburger King near downtown Montgomery, Ala.

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.

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?

The small Georgia town where host and writer John T. Edge was born; during season three, Edge began writing a memoir; "House of Smoke," which publishes this September, brought Edge back to reconnect with the places and people that made him.