Somewhere South
Host and award-winning chef Vivian Howard digs deeper into the lesser-known roots of Southern food, Southern cooking, and Southern living. Each episode of "Somewhere South" explores the connectivity of a single dish, and the ways people of different backgrounds interpret that dish while expressing the complex values, identities, and histories that make up the American South.
- 2020-2020
- 1 season
- Documentary, Reality
Host and award-winning chef Vivian Howard digs deeper into the lesser-known roots of Southern food, Southern cooking, and Southern living. Each episode of "Somewhere South" explores the connectivity of a single dish, and the ways people of different backgrounds interpret that dish while expressing the complex values, identities, and histories that make up the American South.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
American as Hand Pie
Fri, Mar 27, 2020 52 mins
Vivian's crash course in mass producing hand pies inspires her to revisit the applejacks of her youth. Her journey includes a trip to West Virginia for a taste of their signature pepperoni rolls and a look at the world's most popular hand pie - the empanada.
Episode 2
Porridge for the Soul
Fri, Apr 3, 2020 52 mins
At a dinner honoring pioneering chef Edna Lewis, Vivian gives porridge the royal treatment and learns about African American contributions to Southern cuisine. While in the port city, Vivian learns how rice holds the key to slavery's sordid history.
Episode 3
Dumpling Dilemma
Fri, Apr 10, 2020 52 mins
A charity dinner and a trip to the Mississippi Delta and farther south reminds Vivian that not all dumplings are the same. But whether filled with minced meat, chopped veggies, or nothing at all, dumplings stretch our ingredients and our imagination.
Episode 4
What a Pickle
Fri, Apr 17, 2020 52 mins
Vivian is asked to lecture on chow chow, a quintessentially Southern relish, at Asheville's first ever Chow Chow Festival. From there, her preservation education dives into Indian and Sri Lankan pickles, Puerto Rican escabeche and Korean kimchi.
Episode 5
It's a Greens Thing
Fri, Apr 24, 2020 52 mins
At the Lumbee tribe's annual homecoming, Vivian samples their famous collard sandwich and learns the roots of Southern hospitality. On a trip to Clarkston, Ga., Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers who grows greens that remind them of home.
Episode 6
How Do You 'Cue?
Fri, May 1, 2020 52 mins
Southerners are particular about the way they cook and eat barbecue. No dish says eastern North Carolina more than the region's signature whole hog barbecue; however, the art of cooking meat over fire and smoke is one shared by all cultures. While Vivian knows North Carolina's tradition of whole hog barbecue, she travels to Florida for smoked mullet and Texas for barbecue with Japanese and Mexican twists.
