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A Chef's Life

Description

Chef Vivian Howard explores farm-fresh cooking, family and community in North Carolina's low country in this half-hour series from South Carolina ETV. Each episode follows Vivian into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she searches for ingredients for her seasonal menus at her restaurant, Chef & the Farmer, in Kinston, N.C. As the series opens, Vivian and her husband, Ben Knight, find themselves juggling the new restaurant as they raise their twins and build a new home.

Upcoming Episodes

  • My Watermelon Baby

    A home cook tests out recipes from Vivian Howard's cookbook. (30 minutes)

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  • Peas, Please

    A 92-year-old offers an entertaining tutorial in "beatin' peas." (30 minutes)

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  • Stand by Your Cabbage

    Vivan prepares for her first trip to Feast Portland; old-school cabbage recipes. (30 minutes)

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  • Cabbage's Last Stand

    Vivian explores Portland, Ore., before making her barbecue cabbage at Feast Portland. (30 minutes)

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  • More Than One Way to Skin a Catfish

    An up-close experience with farm-raised catfish; the crew is emotional when a staff member's last day arrives. (30 minutes)

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  • All Sunchoked Up

    The twins' preschool class visits the restaurant; Vivian seeks guidance for her sunchoke recipe. (30 minutes)

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  • Heavenly Hocks

    The hot and cold of curing ham; pig tails, ham hocks and fatback. (30 minutes)

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  • Mayo -- The Mother Sauce

    A blind taste test of mayonnaise; strange events affect Vivian's long-held vacation plans. (30 minutes)

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  • Two-mato

    Vivian Howard searches for ripe tomatoes to serve at the restaurant's 10th birthday celebration; preparing an old school tomato dish. (30 minutes)

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  • Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans)

    Vivian struggles to find enough green beans to add to the menu; Mrs. Tessie Mae offers a golf cart tour of her garden, an introduction to pickled pork and demonstrates snapping pole beans. (30 minutes)

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  • Prolific Peppers

    Prepping peppers; stuffing peppers. (30 minutes)

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  • A Food Truck and a Pear Tree

    The crew makes a practice run with the new food truck; pear relish. (30 minutes)

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