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    The Mind of a Chef
            Kentucky
                
                    
                        
                            Season 3
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 5
                        
                    
                
            
            
            From the smokehouse to the plate, see why country ham is one of Ed’s favorite ingredients from the Bluegrass State.
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            Danny considers what his life would have been like if factors were different.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Danny joins the ultra-competitive dining scene in New York City.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Danny cooks his own cuisine, inspired by Szechuan food, New York City, family and more.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Danny has learned to take risks while navigating the creative process.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Danny has cultivated strong family units in his life, both at home and at work.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Danny visits Chengdu to reconnect with Szechuan food as well as renowned chef, Yu Bo.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            In San Francisco, Danny formed who he was as a person and as a chef.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Meet Danny Bowien, a Korean American chef who carries traces of his past with him.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            We open the cage on some of familiar (and some not so familiar) poultry dishes.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            A look at some of the best desserts in the Mind of a Chef archives.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Explore the wet and dry side of our culinary world in this surf and turf special.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            Ludo Lefebvre’s restaurants embody the cultural mash-up that is the strip mall philosophy.
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    