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A Chef's Life
Stewed Rutabagas
Vivian and Warren join Miss Lillie to for dinner featuring her stewed rutabagas.
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Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery, and talks about the art and soul of white lightning.

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Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up buttermilk for the restaurant.

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Vivian gets a lesson in a 100-year-old tradition of making collard kraut.

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Vivian visits one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country.

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Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper’s peanut farm just before and during harvest.

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Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.

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Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard.

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Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters.

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Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon with the ultimate tomato sandwich.

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Vivian launches the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two pigs.

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The restaurant gears up for a practice service — but nothing is going as planned.

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Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the Southern harbinger of Spring.