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America the Bountiful
Maple Syrup in Vermont
Season 1
Episode 111
One of the oldest food traditions in America is tapping trees for sap and boiling it down for the prized maple syrup. Vermont has long been a mecca for the practice and is now innovating in incredibly fun and delicious ways. Capri learns from a family who use traditional methods to harvest sap and make syrup and gets a glimpse of how maple producers are experimenting with flavors.
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Meet one of the first women to own a brewery and artisan cheesemakers and their cows.
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Capri helps harvest pecans and tries a unique twist on pecan pie.
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Celebrate the nature of Appalachian culture and the celebrated ramp, or spring onion.
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Capri learns how to create a variety of memorable ancient and modern foods from maize.
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Harvest crabs off Maryland’s Eastern Shore and enjoy a crab feast with Capri.
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Capri witnesses a pheasant hunt and samples a pheasant sandwich with origins back to WWII
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Discover the story of the apple, as complex as American history itself.
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A colorful New Mexico road trip, traces the history and current state of chiles.
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Capri heads to South Carolina to explore the storied history of the oyster.
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Discover the history of pears in Oregon and the different ways they can be prepared.
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Andrew Zimmern joins this episode all about wild rice and its history.