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Thousands of Lakewood residents relied on this food pantry. Now it’s gone.
Joy’s Kitchen was forced to leave the church it operated out of for more than a decade. It relocated to downtown Denver, far from the community it served.
Shake, Rattle and Pole (Beans)
A Chef's Life is a new half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina.
Shake, Rattle and Pole (Beans)
Season 5 Episode 2 | 24m 33s | CC
With Summer heat high and rain levels low, Vivian struggles to scrounge up enough green beans to add to the menu at Chef & the Farmer. Her kitchen capers continue as she stumbles to find her rhythm with a new chef firmly in place. Mrs. Tessie Mae offers levity by giving Vivian a golf cart tour of her garden, an intro to pickled pork, and a lesson in snapping pole beans.
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