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A Chef's Life

Apples

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As Vivian returns from her Mississippi road trip to the fall harvest, she confronts her long absence from the dinner service at Chef and the Farmer. She travels to an heirloom apple tree collector, Creighton Leigh, the Johnny Appleseed of the Southern apple, who grows 800 varieties in the rolling hills of North Carolina’s Piedmont. Savory and sweet heirloom apples are in grits with cheddar and ham

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Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up buttermilk for the restaurant.
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Collard Green Queen
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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A Road Trip for Rice
Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.
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Muscadine Time
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.
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Chef Vivian and her husband leave NYC to open a restaurant in her North Carolina hometown.
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