Synopsis: Best-selling author and chef Deborah VanTrece introduces viewers to `global soul food,' a style of cooking that combines traditional Southern American soul food with different international influences. (Courtesy FYI, 2024)
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Season One Episode Guide (FYI)
1-01 Southern BLT Dutch Baby--09/02/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece brings a Southern twist to a traditional Dutch Baby by adding bacon, lettuce and tomato to the Dutch Baby pancake, and serves it alongside a colorful asparagus, pea, and radish salad.
1-02 Soul Eggs In Purgatory--09/02/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece combines the flavours of Morocco, Tunisia, and Louisiana by making savoury cheddar cheese grits topped with eggs in purgatory, a dish made with spicy tomato sauce, similar to and inspired by Shakshuka.
1-03 Fried Chicken Monte Christo--09/09/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a southern-style Fried Chicken Monte Cristo served with a cranberry sauce, inspired by and similar to a Croque Monsieur, a delicious warm French ham and cheese sandwich.
1-04 Chicken Gizzard And Poutine--09/09/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a smothered chicken gizzard poutine, which mixes traditional, Southern fried chicken gizzards with French-Canadian fries, gravy, and cheese curds for a decadent global meal.
1-05 Smothered Meatballs With Spaetzle--09/16/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a classic German dish of smothered chicken meatballs and Spaetzle inspired by the traditional southern meal of chicken and dumplings.
1-06 Cajun Steak Diane With Foie Gras Dirty Rice--09/16/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a soulful Southern twist on Steak Diane, a pan-fried beef steak, by adding Cajun spices to the marinade and serving it with Foie Gras and Creole dirty rice.
1-07 Meatloaf Wellington With Sorghum Mustard--09/23/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece cooks a dish inspired by American meatloaf, blending the recipe with an English-style Wellington; she adds a Southern favourite, sorghum mustard, and prepares smothered potatoes to bring this global meal together.
1-08 Lomo Saltado With Pork And Sweet Potatoes--09/23/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece puts a Southern twist on the iconic Peruvian dish Lomo Saltado by using pork and adding sweet potato fries.
1-09 Country Captain Chicken Stew--09/30/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes Country Captain Chicken Stew, a flavourful Southern dish with an Indian influence made with bone-in chicken, curry, tomatoes, and coconut milk and served over rice noodles and toasted peanuts.
1-10 Encocado Shrimp With Poblano Stuffed Grits--09/30/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece blends flavours from Latin and South America, adding her southern charm to create encocado shrimp with poblano stuffed grits, also known as Latin shrimp and grits.
1-11 Paella Macaroni--10/07/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece prepares a pasta version of Paella, a traditional Spanish dish, and gives it a Southern mac and cheese twist.
1-12 Collard Green Dumplings & Apple Pie Potstickers--10/07/2024
Chef Deborah VanTrece prepares two dishes inspired by Chinese wontons, including an all-American dish made with apple wontons and milk jam and a collard green dumpling inspired by Southern cuisine.