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        The Mind of a Chef
            Preview | Season 5 Episode 5: Strip Malls
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. Season 5 of THE MIND OF A CHEF premieres October 2016 on PBS (check local listings).
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            Gabrielle looks long and hard at how she has evolved as a chef, writer and restauranteur.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Gabrielle Hamilton loves the small details found in Milanese restaurants.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Hustling was the easy part in running a restaurant for Gabrielle Hamilton.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Gabrielle Hamilton has traveled the world, but it’s also good to go back to your roots.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            From a very young age, Gabrielle Hamilton was left alone in her home to fend for herself.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Explore Gabrielle Hamilton’s deep love with the ancient city of Rome.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Money is not made in a restaurant, even a booming one, by throwing good food away.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Experience a day in the life at Magnus’s restaurant, Fäviken.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Magnus Nilsson researches and documents Nordic traditions.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Explore how seasons affect a restaurant’s menu when the food comes from a 100-mile radius.
        
        
    
    
                            
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            Examine traditions help to forge the identities of families and individuals.