The Mind of a Chef

E01

Episode 1

★ 7.0

Southerners

2013-09-05 · 30m

A spotlight on the regional variations of southern cuisine. Chef Steven Satterfield makes okra and grits. Chef John Currence makes tamales. Chef Ed Lee creates a dish using bourbon, sorghum and country ham. Pastry chef Lisa Donavan makes a buttermilk pie. New host Sean Brock is joined by the Lee Brothers to make deviled crab

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E02

Episode 2

★ 6.5

Seeds

2013-09-12 · 30m

It all began when Sean Brock went looking for Jimmy red corn. That simple journey turned into a lifetime of searching, archiving and reviving lost crops of the South. His partners in crime are legendary owner and operator of Anson Mills, Glen Roberts, and University of South Carolina professor David Shields — a trifecta of seed nerds hell-bent on preserving Southern food heritage.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 7.5

Rice

2013-09-19 · 30m

The resurrection of Carolina gold rice, which disappeared following the Civil War era, is examined. Included: making pilaf and Hoppin' John fritters. Also: Louisiana chef Donald Link makes jambalaya; and Senegalese chef Fati Ly makes pilau.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 7.0

Louisiana

2013-09-26 · 30m

A look at Louisiana cuisine features a visit to Middendorf's Restaurant in Akers, La., with food writer John T. Edge; and a frogging excursion with chef Donald Link.

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E05

Episode 5

★ 7.5

Preserve

2013-10-03 · 30m

Preservation techniques that play an important role in Southern culture are discussed, including drying, salt-curing, canning and fermentation.

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E06

Episode 6

★ 7.5

Roots

2013-10-10 · 30m

Host Sean Brock prepares a typical Appalachian dinner; cooks chicken dumplings with his mother; visits with chef Joseph Lenn at Blackberry Farms in Tennessee; and learns how to make fried okra and country ham.

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E07

Episode 7

★ 7.5

Low Country BBQ

2013-10-17 · 30m

Host Sean Brock prepares an outdoor feast on a friend's farm, where he's joined by barbecue pitmaster Rodney Scott, who roasts a whole pig; and Steven Satterfield, who makes Savannah red rice. Brock also prepares frogmore stew

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E08

Episode 8

★ 6.5

Senegal

2013-10-24 · 30m

The influence of West Africa on Southern cuisine is explored during a visit to Senegal. Historian and chef Fati Ly leads a tour of the markets in Dakar and M'Bour; and cooks theibou yapp, a traditional Sengalese dish.

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E09

Episode 9

★ 7.0

London

2013-10-31 · 30m

Chef April Bloomfield visits London, where she began her cooking career. Cooking walnut tagliatelle with chef Ruth Rogers. Making rabbit pie with chef Fergus Henderson, and enjoying a pint and scotch eggs with chef Rowley Leigh.

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E10

Episode 10

★ 7.0

Sea/Salt

2013-11-07 · 30m

Focus on April’s love of the sea, which is deep and fully realized.

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E11

Episode 11

★ 7.0

Curry

2013-11-14 · 30m

Explore the origins of curry and England’s versions of this historic cuisine.

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E12

Episode 12

★ 7.0

Italian

2013-11-21 · 30m

Explore April Bloomfield’s deep love for Italian cuisine and its influence on her cooking.

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E13

Episode 13

★ 7.5

British Classics

2013-11-28 · 30m

Review some of the signature dishes of UK cuisine: bangers and mash, fish-n-chips, and pies.

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E14

Episode 14

★ 6.5

Farmer

2013-12-05 · 30m

April travels four hours outside London to Cornwall to visit and cook with farmer and chef Tom Adams on his farm. Tom raises the cute, furry and delicious mangalitsa pigs. April and Tom butcher and cook the entire pig piece by piece: loin, shoulder, belly and head.

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E15

Episode 15

★ 6.5

Leftovers

2013-12-12 · 30m

This episode aims to prove that nasty bits have been given a bad rap and deserve to be on the kitchen table along with meatloaf and mashed potatoes. In the kitchen, April cooks faggots, bubble and squeak and pig parts; Fergus Henderson works his offal magic on kidneys.

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E16

Episode 16

★ 6.0

Restauranteur

2013-12-19 · 30m

Chef Bloomfield wrestles with the questions every aspiring new or expanding veteran chef has to confront. April and her business partner, Ken Friedman, explore the challenges of opening their first out-of-state venture in San Francisco: Tosca. April is inspired by a local morning bun, and she’s busy in the kitchen testing and tasting dishes for her new menu.

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