Fish

Charlestonians say that their harbor is located where the Ashley and Cooper rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean. Their chauvinism notwithstanding, Charleston is an important port, which sits above the thirty-second parallel, like other famous ports: Nagasaki, Japan’s westernmost harbor; Tel Aviv and Tripoli on the Mediterranean; Casablanca on the Atlantic and San Diego on the Pacific; and Shanghai, with whom she has traded for three hundred years. Seafood is quite naturally an important food.