October 5, 2014 • 30m
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/oyste...Read more
October 12, 2014 • 30m
Vivian and Ben head to the beach for their annual summer vacation with the Howard family. Vivian turns up the heat with a bit of f...Read more
October 19, 2014 • 30m
Burgers. Oysters. Beer. Hallelujah! Vivian and Ben are on the cusp of opening their new restaurant, the Boiler Room, and they are ...Read more
October 26, 2014 • 30m
Vivian, Ben and the entire Chef and the Farmer staff hustle to complete the mammoth preparations necessary for her big luncheon at...Read more
November 2, 2014 • 30m
Excitement turns into heightened emotion and real nerves for Vivian as she faces one challenge after another in the prep kitchen b...Read more
November 9, 2014 • 30m
As Vivian returns from her Mississippi road trip to the fall harvest, she confronts her long absence from the dinner service at Ch...Read more
November 16, 2014 • 30m
Vivian presents a few of the many ways fish makes its appearance in Southern cooking, from dried mullet roe to a friendly fish ste...Read more
November 23, 2014 • 30m
It’s November ya’ll and that means it’s busy at Chef and the Farmer. Vivian is feeling the stress of both work and home as she jug...Read more
December 21, 2014 • 30m
The heady heyday of hot Summer vegetables are over and rainy winters can bring some dull varieties. Few are more unglamorous than ...Read more
December 28, 2014 • 30m
Late winter brings “run-up” turnip greens, which Vivian sees as central to her approach to southern food, capturing both the spiri...Read more
January 11, 2015 • 30m
As Vivian waits for Spring’s vegetables to appear, she pauses to appreciate chicken’s endless capacity as an ingredient. The resta...Read more
January 18, 2015 • 30m
Vivian hunts for ramps—an Appalachian wild leek—with renowned bacon purveyor Alan Benton near his home in the Tennessee countrysid...Read more
January 25, 2015 • 30m
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 dis...Read more
February 8, 2015 • 30m
Ben and the kitchen team pack up the van and hit the road for New York. A month of planning and preparation peak as Vivian’s invit...Read more