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A Chef's Life

King Cornbread

Season 5 Episode 10

While enjoying some time at home, Vivian films a segment for a morning TV show where cornbread takes center stage. She then stops by a Kinston institution that merges cornbread with another Southern signature to create a handheld delicacy called “the pig and a puppy,” and creates her own version for a charity dinner. Back in the kitchen, Mrs. Scarlett & Ms. Lillie team up in a cornbread cook-off.

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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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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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You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey
Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon with the ultimate tomato sandwich.
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Cracklin' Kitchen
Vivian launches the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two pigs.
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Pimp My Grits
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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