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Spirit Plate
500 Dancers. One Chef. One Sacred Stew
Chef Pyet DeSpain returns to her Potawatomi Nation to reconnect with family, food, and tradition.
Cooking a 400-Pound Pig in an Underground Oven
An immersive culinary adventure that takes viewers deep into the heart of Native America, guided by award-winning celebrity Chef Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation). Each episode drops audiences into a new and breathtaking landscape—deserts, forests, plains, and coastlines—where Chef Pyet joins Indigenous communities to gather, fish, hunt, and cook in the spirit of ancestral tradition.
Cooking a 400-Pound Pig in an Underground Oven
Season 1 Episode 4 | 14m 43s | CC
On the lush island of Oʻahu, Chef Pyet DeSpain joins her friend Kealoha Domingo and his family to prepare a sacred Hawaiian coming-of-age feast—complete with a 400-pound roasted pig, taro from hidden valleys, and a Spirit Plate offering to the Creator.
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