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A Chef's Life
Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea
Season 1
Episode 1
Chef Vivian Howard and her husband Ben leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown. Vivian revisits the Southern tradition of “putting up” corn and shares her method for making smoked corn relish. As the episode concludes, a devastating setback threatens their new life.
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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.
55:40
Join Vivian for a taste of the holidays as she serves up the best of her Southern cooking.
24:40
Vivian’s invitation to cook at the prestigious James Beard House becomes a reality.
24:40
Vivian cooks for a supper club and experiments with an eye towards the James Beard House.
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Vivian and the restaurant go wild over ramps, after a winter of few fresh vegetables.