Hey Pumpkin
Sheri shares pumpkin perfection in the kitchen as Sheri cooks with chef Ashley Capps to make a dreamy pumpkin crème caramel. Sheri makes a delicious entrée salad with warm pumpkin wedges and a honey vinaigrette, delights with a whole roasted pumpkin stuffed with savory bread pudding and then shares some helpful tips on how to perfectly roast your pumpkin seeds.
Episodes
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Let’s Talk Homegrown Tomatoes
S2 E8 - 26m 46s
Food writer Sheri Castle admits her love affair with homegrown tomatoes and talks with the “Tomato Man,” heirloom tomato gardening expert Craig LeHoullier. She shares her recipes for a savory summertime tomato pie and a cherry tomato and black pepper cornbread panzanella. Sheri also cooks along with Yordanys “Jay” Bastardo to make his Dominican tomato and shellfish gumbo.
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The Egg Comes First
S2 E7 - 26m 46s
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? The egg clearly comes first in Sheri Castle’s lemon angel pie and deviled-egg salad. She rises early with the chickens to gather fresh eggs and cooks with food culture preservationist Gabrielle Carter, who makes Sheri swoon over gorgeous jewel-toned pickled eggs. Sheri also shares a helpful hint on how to quickly assess the freshness of an egg.
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Figs Galore
S2 E6 - 26m 46s
Sheri Castle visits Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks to find one of the world’s greatest diversity of fig trees. She shares recipes for pan-seared chicken thighs with a fig pan sauce as well as a fresh fig, orange and bourbon crostata. On the island, Sheri learns the secrets to a prize-winning fig cake and shares a helpful hint on a way to quickly roast figs.
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The Nice Thing About Rice
S2 E5 - 26m 46s
Sheri Castle shares recipes for Low Country-style red rice with shrimp and sausage as well as rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth. She visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how it grows heirloom rice in the mountains, and then cooks with chef Ricky Moore for his “church lady good” rice and summer-squash gratin. Sheri also shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.
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Finding Our Blueberry Thrill
S2 E4 - 26m 46s
Sheri Castle heads to Old Orchard Creek Farm in Lansing, NC, to find fresh blueberries. She picks blue beauties with owners Walter Clark and Johnny Burleson and helps make a farmhouse blueberry pie. She shows us how to make blueberry parfaits with pistachio crumble and granola porridge with warm maple cream, and offers a hint about washing and freezing fresh blueberries.
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Country Ham is King
S2 E3 - 26m 46s
Sheri creates a country ham salad and a peach and lemony ricotta salad. She heads to Madisonville, Tennessee, to meet Allan Benton, the King of Country Ham, who shares secrets about his legendary Smoky Mountain hams and bacon. Allan and his wife, Sharon, make two-ingredient biscuits and red-eye gravy, and Sheri gives a tip on using all the parts of a country ham.
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Fishing for Trout Compliments
S2 E2 - 26m 46s
Sheri Castle learns how Sunburst Trout Company of Waynesville, NC, gets their tasty fish from their farm to your table. She heads to the kitchen and makes a smoked trout and potato soup as well as cornmeal-crusted trout with a creamed corn and tomato relish. Chef Cleophus Hethington joins her to make a beautiful whole trout dish, and then Sheri shows how to safely store fresh fish at home.
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Strawberry Fields Forever
S2 E1 - 26m 46s
Sheri Castle shows the freshest way to procure this beautiful berry. She tours the McAdams Farm in Efland, NC, and gets a visit from “Farmer Strawberry.” In the kitchen, she shares recipes for strawberry tiramisu trifles and an ice-box salad perfect for your next potluck, while baker Brian Noyes makes a strawberry buckle. Sheri gives a helpful hint about keeping strawberries fresh in storage.
Extras + Features
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Seared Chicken Thighs with Fig Pan Sauce | Kitchen Recipe
S2 E6 - 6m 22s
Sheri Castle shares a perfect pairing of pan-seared chicken thighs with a fig pan sauce. This combination of pan-seared chicken thighs and a quick pan sauce featuring fresh figs is simple yet elegant enough to serve to guests.
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Sheri Says: Roasting and Storing Fresh Figs
S2 E6 - 57s
Sheri Castle shares a helpful hint to quickly roast figs.
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Trudy’s Ocracoke Fig Cake | Cook Along with Trudy Austin
S2 E6 - 6m 5s
Sheri Castle joins Trudy Austin in the kitchen and learns the secrets to her prize-winning Ocracoke fig cake. Figs are so important to Ocracoke life that the town hosts an annual fig festival that includes recipe contests, including a traditional fig cake category, which Trudy Austin (a ninth-generation Ocracoker) has won more than once.
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Fresh Fig, Orange and Bourbon Crostata | Kitchen Recipe
S2 E6 - 5m 55s
Figs reign supreme in Sheri Castle’s inventive fresh fig, orange and bourbon crostata. This recipe takes inspiration from the flavors of a classic Old Fashioned cocktail, which go beautifully with the natural jammy sweetness of fresh figs.
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Preview | Figs Galore
S2 E6 - 30s
Sheri Castle visits Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks to find one of the world’s greatest diversity of fig trees. She shares recipes for pan-seared chicken thighs with a fig pan sauce as well as a fresh fig, orange and bourbon crostata. On the island, Sheri learns the secrets to a prize-winning fig cake and shares a helpful hint on a way to quickly roast figs.
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Field Trip to Ocracoke Island, OBX, NC
S2 E6 - 4m 36s
Sheri Castle visits the Outer Banks to find one of the world’s greatest diversity of fig trees on Ocracoke Island.
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Preview | The Nice Thing About Rice
S2 E5 - 30s
Sheri Castle shares recipes for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage as well as rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth. She visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how it grows heirloom rice in the mountains, and then cooks with chef Ricky Moore for his “church lady good” rice and summer-squash gratin. Sheri also shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.
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Ricky’s Rice and Squash Gratin | Cook Along with Ricky Moore
S2 E5 - 6m 32s
Sheri Castle cooks with acclaimed chef Ricky Moore for what he calls his “church lady good” rice and summer squash gratin.
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Red Rice with Shrimp and Smoked Sausage | Kitchen Recipe
S2 E5 - 6m 3s
Sheri Castle shares her recipe for Low Country–style red rice with shrimp and sausage. Made with long-grain white rice, this dish takes its name from the deep red color it gets from the tomatoey shrimp stock used as the cooking liquid.
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Field Trip to Lee’s One Fortune Farm
S2 E5 - 5m 15s
Sheri Castle visits Lee’s One Fortune Farm to see how husband-and-wife farming duo Chue and Tou Lee grow heirloom rice in the mountains.
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Rice and Garden Peas in Parmesan Broth | Kitchen Recipe
S2 E5 - 5m 2s
Inspired by the Italian dish “risi e bisi,” Sheri Castle’s creamy rice and garden peas in Parmesan broth shows just how impressive and comforting a simple rice dish can be.
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Sheri Says: Selecting the Right Rice
S2 E5 - 1m 45s
Sheri Castle shares a tip on how to select the perfect rice for a recipe.
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