In this episode, Vivian takes a low-hanging approach to food waste by focusing on one subject, fruit with more to give. After she laments the fact that she slices and packs apples for her kids lunch only to unpack them brown and uneaten at the end of the day, Vivian shows us how to turn those apples into oatmeal that her kids will eat. Down in Charleston, Vivian and her nephew, Sam Levine, cook together in Vivan's restaurant, Handy and Hot. Vivian concocts a simple syrup using ginger scraps and apple cores and Sam turns it into a delicious and colorful matcha drink. Back in Kinston, Vivian is joined by the Li Sisters who literally wrote the book on food waste. For once, Vivian doesn't have to cook. Instead she gets to watch in amazement as the sisters make something unexpected and delicious with the less than perfect food they find in the walk-in. Back at the church, Vivan tosses together a sheet pan dinner using smooshy, sad grapes, bratwurst and Brussels sprouts.
