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A Chef's Life

Compound Ramp Butter for Steak and Baked Potato

Vivian celebrates the return of Spring and ramps with a compound butter.

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Have Yourself Some Moonshine
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Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery, and talks about the art and soul of white lightning.
The Buttermilk Belt
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Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up buttermilk for the restaurant.
Collard Green Queen
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Vivian gets a lesson in a 100-year-old tradition of making collard kraut.
Love Me Some Candied Yams
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Vivian visits one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country.
A Peanut Passtime
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Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper’s peanut farm just before and during harvest.
A Road Trip for Rice
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Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.
Muscadine Time
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Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard.
Oysters
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Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters.
You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey
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Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon with the ultimate tomato sandwich.
Cracklin' Kitchen
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Vivian launches the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two pigs.
Pimp My Grits
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The restaurant gears up for a practice service — but nothing is going as planned.
Strawberry Stay at Home
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Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the Southern harbinger of Spring.
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