The Southern Fork comes to life on Substack
The Southern Fork is now available on Substack . What does that mean? Well, it means right in your inbox, you can get a current, up to date...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Arts
The Southern Fork
Host Stephanie Burt travels the Southern United States (with a fork!) and chats with some of the most interesting voices in the culinary South. From chefs to farmers, bakers to brewers, and...
Episodes
20 of 386 episodes
From the Culinary Institute of America to Cocktails: James Bolt's Gin Joint Journey (Charleston, SC)
In this, the final episode of Season 10, James Bolt of T he Gin Joint in Charleston, SC shares his journey from chemistry to craft cocktails...
How Munkle Brewing Balances Tradition and Innovation with Local Ingredients (Charleston, SC)
In the last 15 years, the craft brewery scene has really come into its own in Charleston, and these days you can find area breweries all ove...
Bintou N'Daw Follows Her Own Creative Compass at Bintü Atelier (Charleston, SC)
Bintou N'Daw is a magnetic person who make food that just draws you in with its layers of flavor and storytelling. She owns and operates Bin...
GroceryRx: A New Approach to Nutrition and Health in the South Carolina Lowcountry (Charleston, SC)
In this conversation, dietician Olivia Myers shares her passion for Grocery RX, part of Lowcountry Street Grocery in Charleston, SC, which o...
Diving below the surface of Blue Food with Andrew Zimmern
Andrew Zimmern has spent decades proving that food can be a powerful force for cultural understanding and social change. An Emmy-winning and...
The Southern Fork's BEST of 2025
In this episode, host Stephanie Burt reflects on her experiences from 2025, sharing highlights from her culinary adventures, restaurant visi...
Crafting a Legendary Oyster: Trey McMillan of Lowcountry Oyster Company (Green Pond, SC)
In this conversation, Trey McMillan of Lowcountry Oyster Company shares insights into the world of oyster farming, discussing the significan...
Opening Charleston's Restaurant Jewel Box: Merci (Charleston, SC)
What makes a restaurant make one of Stephanie's best of lists? Well, it is always an equation of passion and details that come together behi...
The Heart of a Fried Seafood Tourist Town: Captain and Chef Bob Taylor (Calabash, NC)
Just over the South Carolina state border from Myrtle Beach is Calabash, North Carolina, a small commercial fishing town that's been known f...
An Auspicious Journey for a Savannah Bakery (Savannah, GA)
For this "treat filled" Halloween conversation, Kaitlin Bryant and Mark Ekstrom, co-owners of Auspicious Baking Co. in Savannah, Ga., share...
Late Air's Approach to Hospitality and Savannah's Culinary Coming of Age (Savannah, GA)
Tucked into a modest brick building beside the train tracks at the intersection of Bull and Victory in Savannah, Georgia is Late Air . In th...
A Legacy of Family and Farming on Morning Glory Homestead (St. Helena Island, SC)
St. Helena is a storied South Carolina sea island and the epicenter of the rich cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee community. Morning G...
The Joy of Cultural Appreciation and Collaborative Skill at Sushi-Wa (Charleston, SC)
Within Sushi-Wa 's small restaurant in Charleston, SC, there is a joyful sense of peace, anchored in an unlikely friendship where Kazu Murak...
Sammy Monsour & Kassady Wiggins: Salt & Shore Cookbook / Joyce LA (Charleston, SC)
I have a passion for sustainable seafood, and it's been both an important subject here on the show and the subject of many of my written pie...
Michael Toscano: Le Farfalle, da Toscano, Porchetta Shop, & Fugazzi (Charleston, SC & NYC)
When I first spoke with Chef Michael Toscano in 2017, he and his family were just getting settled in Charleston with the opening of Le Farfa...
Southern Fork Sustenance: A Conversation with Writer & Podcaster Deb Freeman about Edna Lewis and Virginia Foodways
Deborah Freeman is the creator of Setting the Table , a multi-award winning podcast exploring Black foodways and culinary history that in 20...
Roosevelt Brownlee: Jazz Chef and Soul Food Master (Savannah, GA)
Roosevelt Brownlee lives on the curve of a quiet street in Savannah, GA, the tall stalks of okra in his vegetable garden just visible from t...
Sandra Gutierrez: Latinísimo and the Home Cooking of Latin America (Cary, NC)
One of my greatest quiet joys is cooking from a well-written cookbook on a weekend night, music on the bluetooth and new scents and tastes f...
Tim Gardner: Lula Drake Wine Parlor (Columbia, SC)
Columbia, SC's Main Street architecture still has much of the charm of a mid-century movie set. There are jewelry stores, restaurants, hotel...