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SOMEWHERE SOUTH: It's A Greens Thing

Travel with Vivian to the Lumbee tribe's annual homecoming, where she samples their famous collard sandwich. On a trip to Georgia, Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers growing greens that remind them of home.
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Travel with Vivian to the Lumbee tribe's annual homecoming, where she samples their famous collard sandwich. On a trip to Georgia, Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers growing greens that remind them of home.

Monday, July 29, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App

On this episode, travel with Vivian to the Lumbee tribe's annual homecoming, where she samples their famous collard sandwich. On a trip to Georgia, Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers growing greens that remind them of home.

At the Lumbee tribe’s annual homecoming, Vivian samples their famous collard sandwich and learns the roots of Southern hospitality. On a trip to Clarkston, Ga., Vivian meets a group of refugee farmers who grows greens that remind them of home.

About the Series: In six one-hour episodes, chef and author Vivian Howard digs deeper into the lesser known roots of Southern food, Southern cooking, and Southern living. Her curiosity has made her beloved by the millions of people who watched her grow into an award-winning television host, best-selling author, and celebrated chef over five seasons of A CHEF'S LIFE.

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Cookbook author Von Diaz takes Vivian Howard to the Your Dekalb Farmers Market in Dekalb County, Ga., north of Atlanta. They explore all the greens at the market from raw in the produce aisle and to sauteed and cooked on the hot bar.

With SOMEWHERE SOUTH, Howard serves as both student and guide, exploring cross-cultural dishes through the professional and personal relationships she has with southerners of many backgrounds. Each episode of SOMEWHERE SOUTH explores the connectivity of a single dish, and the ways people of different backgrounds interpret that dish while expressing the complex values, identities, and histories that make up the American South.

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Glenn and Dorsey Hunt are known for their collard sandwiches, which makes them among the most popular food vendors at the annual Lumbee Homecoming in Pembroke, N.C. Desite being busy, they were happy to show their collard sandwich operation to Vivian Howard.

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