Flavor, NC

In this episode we head to Hurdle Mills to meet Stanley Hughes and learn the secret to his nationally renowned Collards. Then host Lisa Prince meets up with Chef Rodney Lloyd at Sprout Café in the Museum of Life and Science in Durham to whip up some tasty collard recipes.

Eastern North Carolina is home to one of the most successful catfish farming operations in the country. In this episode host Lisa Prince heads to Ayden and Carolina Classics Catfish to check out the operation from hatchery to harvest. Then it’s into the kitchen with Chef Jason Smith of 18 Seaboard in Raleigh to find out why the fish from Carolina Classics is the hottest thing on the menu.

We head for the land of the sky and Buncombe Co. for a visit to Looking Glass Creamery. This artisanal cheese company is making a big name for itself in the world of cheese. Host Lisa Prince rolls up her sleeves and (literally) gets her hands dirty in the cheese room. Then nationally known food blogger Cheryl Barnes of Picture Perfect Meals shares some of her tastiest cheese recipes.

Northeastern North Carolina is the place to be if you just can’t get enough when it comes to peanuts. We grow more peanuts than just about any other state in the U.S. so Host Lisa Prince heads to Bertie Co. to find out all there is to know about the humble peanut. Then Chef Scott Crawford of Herons at the Umstead Hotel and Spa shares some of the most inventive peanut recipes we’ve ever seen.

Take more than two dozen piedmont farmers and mix in an iconic North Carolina historic site. The result: one of the best small farmers markets in the country! Host Lisa Prince takes us on a tour of the Cobblestone Market at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, then challenges Chef Tim Grandinetti at Spring House Restaurant to share farmers market themed recipes.

It’s a honey of an episode when Host Lisa Prince goes in search of the most delectable honey in the state. She’s off to Busy Bee Apiaries and Vintage Bee Honey in Hillsborough to find out what all the buzz is about…then it’s off to Sitti Restaurant in Raleigh for some truly unique honey infused recipes with Chef Matt Scofield.

Once a tobacco farm no longer means always a tobacco farm. In this episode host Lisa Prince takes us to Stokes County to visit a family transitioning their farm from tobacco to organic specialty crops including almost two dozen different varieties of garlic. Then it’s off to Lucky 32 Southern Kitchen in Greensboro for Chef Jay Pierce’s favorite garlic recipes.

Late spring means just one thing on the North Carolina coast..soft shell crab season! Host Lisa Prince heads out on the waters of Currituck Sound with a long-time crabber and fisherman to try her hand and finding the elusive peelers…then it’s into the kitchen with Chef Chris Braswell at Steamers Shellfish to go in Corolla.

When it comes to North Carolina agriculture, you could say we specialize in everything! In this special episode host Lisa Prince brings all the threads of tar heel agriculture together in one tasty package when she visits Pie Bird restaurant in Raleigh to see just how many different kinds of pie you can make all featuring North Carolina grown ingredients.