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Cracklin' Kitchen

Season 1 Episode 4 | 24m 40s

Vivian goes about christening the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers’ farm. She uses everything — including the skin — and shows us, upon her father’s recommendation, how to make her version of sweet potatoes with cracklins.

Aired: 10/06/13
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