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        A Chef's Life
            Preview: Season 4, Episode 2: My Watermelon Baby
After being away from the restaurant all summer, Vivian returns to an unfamiliar staff.
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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.