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A Chef's Life
Love Me Some Candied Yams
Season 1
Episode 10
Vivian introduces us to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country and two of the restaurant’s best customers. Vivian and her mom, Scarlett, make her grandmother’s candied yams and Vivian later re-imagines these for the restaurant with texture, sorghum and pecans.
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Lillie shows Vivian three different ways to bring out the bitter and sweet in rutabagas.
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Vivian turns up the heat on a dish that features chicken livers drizzled with hot honey.
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The Boiler Room welcomes a new manager, much to Ben’s delight.
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Vivian learns how to make “the best pickled beets she ever ate.”
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Scott Barton stops by to see the kitchen and share the African roots of okra.
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Vivian visits her friend Nancy for a surprisingly comforting meal combination.
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Vivian is under the gun to pen an entire book chapter on figs in three days.
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Mrs. Scarlett teaches Vivian the secrets of Gramma Hill’s canned peaches.
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Vivian seeks motherly advice from Mrs. Scarlett and her sister Johna over dinner.
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Join Vivian for a taste of the holidays as she serves up the best of her Southern cooking.
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Vivian’s invitation to cook at the prestigious James Beard House becomes a reality.
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Vivian cooks for a supper club and experiments with an eye towards the James Beard House.