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1) Julia
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"[The film] brings to life the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's twelve year struggle to create and publish the revolutionary 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' (1961), which has sold...
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It explores the remarkable life of Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and influential figures in the history of American gastronomy. Tower began his career at the renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1972, becoming a pioneering figure in the emerging California cuisine movement. After leaving Chez Panisse, due in part to a famously contentious relationship with founder Alice Waters, Tower went on to launch his own legendary Stars Restaurant...
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"The life, contributions, and erasure of America's culinary founding father are explored by food historians, celebrated chefs, experts on race and the African American diaspora. Through their words and the persistence of a curious chef, Ashbell McElveen, the life of America's missing icon comes into focus. Mac & Cheese, French fries, whipped cream, and many other foodie favorites disseminated from a slave kitchen in Charlottesville from the hands...
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With her signature flair, Chef Vivian Howard invites us to her own holiday table in this one-hour special, featuring the best of her own Southern cooking heritage with Ben's Chanukah celebration added to the mix. It invites viewers to join in on a charming and delicious journey through one of our most beloved seasons.
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In the third season of this Emmy Award-winning series, watch as Chef Vivian Howard, with husband Ben Knight and her twin children by her side, blend and balance the high stakes of managing two restaurants, writing a new cookbook and tackling a family reunion feast, all while the farm-to-table chef's plate is packed with food festivals and competitions.
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Experience a century of food through the life of James Beard, who spoke of the importance of localism and sustainability long before those terms had entered the vernacular. A cookbook author, journalist, television celebrity and teacher, Beard helped to pioneer and expand the food media industry.
9) For Grace
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Curtis Duffy, one of the country's most renowned chefs, is building his dream restaurant at the worst time of his personal life. Duffy has ambitions for his Chicago restaurant Grace to become the best in the country, but his laser focus at his cooking career cost Duffy his marriage and two young daughters.
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Vivian hits the road in a food truck to support her first cookbook, a 500-page 'culinary love letter'. While on the road, she discovers Jefferson's small batch whiskey in the heart of Bourbon County, fishes for trout at a farm in the North Carolina mountains, and prepares peppers at a clandestine gathering for chefs in the Virginia hills.
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Season two hits the road with a new roster of Southern ingredients. Vivian and Ben open a second restaurant, plant heirloom apple trees, go pier fishing, hunt ramps and pick up pecans. We'll tag along as Vivian prepares something special for 400 food writers and chefs down in the Delta, fixes holiday meals to meet her family's high standards, and returns to New York City to cook the meal of her career at the James Beard House.
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From ramen to rotting bananas, Copenhagen to Kansas City, and pork buns to golf clubs, PBS's new series The Mind of a Chef combines travel, cooking, history, science, and humor into an unforgettable journey. Join narrator Anthony Bourdain as he takes viewers inside the mind of noted Korean-American chef and restaurateur David Chang.
13) For Grace
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Curtis Duffy, one of the country's most renowned chefs, is building his dream restaurant at the worst time of his personal life. Already the recipient of two coveted stars from the Michelin Guide, Duffy has ambitions for his Chicago restaurant Grace to become the best in the country. But his laser focus at his cooking career cost Duffy his marriage and two young daughters. Grace" is the revealing feature-length documentary by Chicago filmmakers Kevin...
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From Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, this season of the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning series The Mind of a Chef follows the acclaimed Chef David Kinch as he reflects on his inspiration, creative drive, and the search for the perfect meal...and whether or not perfection even exists. David Kinch's culinary philosophy is fostered by ingredient-driven cooking and modern technique; influenced by French and modern Catalan cooking; and inspired...
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Chef April Bloomfield owns and operates three restaurants in New York City, the Breslin, John Dory, and Salvation Taco, and is in the process of opening her first spot in San Francisco called Tosca. Over the course of eight half-hour episodes, join executive producer Anthony Bourdain and watch April wrestle with the demands of opening a restaurant, testing menu ideas, obsessing over ingredients, and cooking with her mentors and contemporaries.
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