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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 visits Broad Slab Distillery, and talks about the art and soul of white lightning.
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Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.
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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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Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the Southern harbinger of Spring.