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Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea - S1 E1

Premiered On: 09/15/2013

Chef Vivian and her husband, Ben, leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown. She revisits the Southern tradition of "putting up" corn and makes smoked corn relish.

• Friday May 22, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Friday May 22, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Strawberry Stay at Home - S1 E2

Premiered On: 09/22/2013

Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry. Chef Vivian develops a recipe for coconut cornbread strawberry shortcake with basil whipped cream.

• Monday May 25, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday May 25, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Pimp My Grits - S1 E3

Premiered On: 09/29/2013

The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned.

• Tuesday May 26, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Tuesday May 26, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Cracklin' Kitchen - S1 E4

Premiered On: 10/06/2013

Vivian christens the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm. She demonstrates how to make sweet potatoes with cracklins.

• Wednesday May 27, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Wednesday May 27, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey - S1 E5

Premiered On: 10/13/2013

Mary Vaughn shows Vivian the old-timey way to can tomatoes. Vivian prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon at the restaurant.

• Thursday May 28, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Thursday May 28, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

The World Is Your Oyster - S1 E6

Premiered On: 10/20/2013

Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters in the Southeast.

• Friday May 29, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Friday May 29, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Muscadine Time - S1 E7

Premiered On: 10/27/2013

Ben, Vivian, and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of this native grape. Vivian makes a pizza with mulled muscadines.

• Monday June 1, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday June 1, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

A Road Trip for Rice - S1 E8

Premiered On: 11/03/2013

Vivian travels to Columbia, South Carolina, and learns about Carolina heirloom rice growing in fields on the Savannah River.

• Tuesday June 2, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

A Peanut Pastime - S1 E9

Premiered On: 11/10/2013

Vivian visits a peanut farm and prepares Pepsi glazed pork belly with country ham braised peanuts.

• Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Love Me Some Candied Yams! - S1 E10

Premiered On: 11/17/2013

Vivian introduces viewers to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country and two of the restaurant's best customers.

• Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

Collard Green Queen - S1 E11

Premiered On: 11/24/2013

Vivian spends the morning with her neighbors, the Mills brothers, participating in their 100-year-old all-male family tradition of making collard kraut.

• Friday June 5, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
• Friday June 5, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

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