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The Mind of a Chef
Strip Malls
Season 5
Episode 5
Trois Mec and Petit Trois can be found side-by-side in a Hollywood strip mall, nestled between a dry cleaners and a Yum Yum donut. Ludo’s restaurants and the dishes he creates for them embody the cultural mash-up and high/low flair that is the strip mall philosophy.
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Follow the life cycle of an ingredient at Magnus Nilsson’s restaurant.

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Spring brings new ingredients to the flavors of Magnus Nilsson's creations.

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Enter the mind of chef Magnus Nilsson in this episode of THE MIND OF A CHEF Season 3.

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Ed Lee tends bar and serves up a tentacled dish for actress and bourbon-lover Aisha Tyler.

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Explore the ephemeral with Ed Lee as he tries his hand at cooking alternative meats.

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Ed Lee explores combining the food of different cultures as culinary borders disappear.

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See why country ham is one of Ed Lee’s favorite ingredients .

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Taste the food and culture of Louisville, Kentucky, the place Ed now calls home.

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Travel with Ed Lee to the Andes to explore the most elemental part of cooking: fire.

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In Houston, a sweat-inducing crawfish dinner exemplifies a new American cuisine.