Dazed and Content on The Grand Strand

The Grand Strand is a South Carolina sliver of heaven – now, more than ever, for foodies, too.

For this feature in American Trails Magazine, I took a deep dive into local cuisine, meeting with chefs who tie the state's culinary history into its next-level future, eating hot boiled peanuts straight from a plastic bag, and spending one mouth-watering, belly-filling weekend at a festival entirely devoted to good food.