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A Chef's Life

Love Me Some Candied Yams

Season 1 Episode 10 | 24m 40s

Vivian introduces us 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. Vivian and her mom, Scarlett, make her grandmother’s candied yams and Vivian later re-imagines these for the restaurant with texture, sorghum and pecans.

Aired: 11/18/13
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