A Chef's Life

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2x1
Blueberries and Boiling Over
Episode overview
After a year recovering from a restaurant fire and re-opening Chef and the Farmer, Vivian and Ben go all-in to open a burger/oyster bar called The Boiler Room. Vivian boils over with the .. show full overview
2x2
Shrimp Sells
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Vivian and Ben head to the beach for their summer vacation. Vivian also visits a fish camp, where she learns about fresh shrimp; and, after they return to Kinston, the two prepare to .. show full overview
2x3
R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Butterbean
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Vivian seeks to make a veggie burger for the Boiler Room, but finds that her first choice for an ingredient, the butter bean, may not work due to a soggy spring that impacted the crop.
2x4
Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1
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Part 1 of 2. Vivian, Ben and the Chef and the Farmer staff prepare a luncheon for 400 attendees at the Southern Foodways Alliance symposium in Oxford, Miss.
2x5
Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 2
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Vivian faces one challenge after another as she prepares for the SFA Luncheon.
2x6
Apples
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Vivian, Ben, Theo and Flo plant their own Southern apple tree.
2x7
The Fish Episode, Y'all
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Vivian presents a few of the many ways fish makes its appearance in Southern cooking.
2x8
Obviously, It's Pecans
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November has arrived and the restaurant is busy. Vivian feels the stress at work and home.
2x9
Turnips: The Roots
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Fun Summer vegetables are long gone, so Vivian looks to liven up the unglamorous turnip.
2x10
Turnips: The Greens
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Late winter brings “run-up” turnip greens, which Vivian sees as central to her approach to southern food, capturing both the spirit and the letter of what Chef and the Farmer is all .. show full overview
2x11
Chicken Lickin'
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As Vivian waits for Spring’s vegetables to appear, she pauses to appreciate chicken’s endless capacity as an ingredient. The restaurant’s new best-seller is a whole chicken, pounded and .. show full overview
2x12
Ramp-ing up to Spring
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Vivian hunts for ramps—an Appalachian wild leek—with renowned bacon purveyor Alan Benton near his home in the Tennessee countryside. The restaurant world goes wild over ramps, after a .. show full overview
2x14
Eggs Two Dozen Ways
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Vivian cooks at the James Beard House in New York, but the meal may not go as planned when the deep fryer breaks. Some of her friends from North Carolina also attend the event; and charm the food writers and TV critics in attendance.
2x13
Eggs A Dozen Ways
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Vivian finally makes good on a promise to cook for a friend’s supper club, and she seizes the moment to experiment with an egg dish that she hopes to wow New York City’s James Beard .. show full overview

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