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Vibrant, Untold Food Stories

So much of food television today focuses its lens on celebrity chefs and big city restaurants. Our series shine a spotlight on the vibrant, untold food stories hidden in rural and small-town America.
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America's Rich Tapestry of Culinary History

America’s quiet culinary landscape is a luscious tapestry of farms, orchards, cafes, bakeries, ranches, bed and breakfasts and more.
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Apples' role in Black American Food Culture

Dontaivus Williams is a historical reenactment chef in the orchard kitchen of Point of Honor, a historic home in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Behind the "Seeds"

Here's a peek behind the “seeds” of an afternoon filming with Native Seed/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz.
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Egg-Shaped Cider Vessels

As part of our discovery of apples and their history through Virginia, we spoke with Rob and Don of Castle Hill Cider — just in time for Virginia Cider Week!
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Exploring America's Heartland

Join us on this journey across America!
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Meet our production team

Meet America The Bountiful’s production team!
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Meet our production team

Meet America The Bountiful’s production team: Jesse Roesler is an Emmy and James Beard award-winning filmmaker whose work has moved millions via The Travel Channel, Food Network and The New York Times.
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Monticello's Workhouse of Nature

The landscape at Monticello is incredible, and all around we can see how Jefferson left with the land a lasting passion for growing food and creating a “workhouse of nature.”
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Our Democratic Fruit

No fruit helped build America more than the apple, often referred to as “our democratic fruit.”
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Personal, Emotionally Moving Chronicles

International TV personality, cookbook author, culinary radio podcast host Capri Cafaro travels America’s heartland.
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Sacred Wild Rice

While filming, we had an incredible day with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe who showed us how to harvest and process wild rice.
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Special Blue Corn Cakes, made by hand

Bill Robinson, farm manager at Crazy Chili Farm showed us the blue corn he grows, which is extremely rare.
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Spiritual Significance of Blue Corn

This week filming in Arizona, we visited with Rochelle Garcia who is Navajo and Tohono O’odham, who founded her Indigenous-centric business Blue Corn Custom Designs in 2019 on Indigenous People's Day.
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The "Holy Grail" of Apples

During filming for America the Bountiful, we were privileged to speak with Peter Hatch.
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The Great Minnesota Get-Together

Last month we enjoyed the incredible Minnesota State Fair as we were filming.
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Traveling back in time

Old World heritage thrives alongside new immigrants who bring their own food traditions to enrich the nation’s culinary melting pot.
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Vintage Apples Virginia

While filming for America the Bountiful, we attended an apple tasting event at Vintage Virginia Apples with Charlotte Shelton.
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Capri Cafaro nominated for several Taste Awards for podcast

Cookbook author and podcast host, Capri Cafaro has been nominated for several Taste Awards for her podcast, Eat Your Heartland Out.
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

In an upcoming episode of America The Bountiful, visit with the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe who showed us how to harvest and process wild rice, which is sacred to their indigenous culture.
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The Soiux Chef

In an upcoming episode, you’ll get to meet the incredible Sean Sherman, Oglala Lakota.
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Walleye & Wild Rice cakes

We’re so excited to bring you America the Bountiful, which will premiere on PBS and features TV host and cookbook author Capri Cafaro.
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The Many Flavors of Apples

We often think of apples as being one generic flavor, but there's almost an infinite variety of flavors and apples.
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Innovating Maple Syrup flavors in Vermont

We learned about how producers are innovating the maple syrup industry by barrel aging syrups in bourbon, rum, and brandy barrels — and infusing flavors like lime leaf and elderberry.
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Harvesting Ancient Salt in West Virginia

Prior to the Civil War, the area around Charleston, West Virginia, was the largest producer of salt in the United States — boasting 50 saltworks producing more than three million bushels of salt a year.
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Oyster-shucking Muscle Memory

In an upcoming episode, we harvest oysters on the May River, in the Low Country near Bluffton, South Carolina.
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The Cherished Tradition of Vermont Maple Creemees

The story behind this famous cone is exciting and delicious: maple soft serve (creemmee) with maple crystals, crumbled maple cookie, maple drizzle, and maple cotton candy.
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Vermont's Prized Natural Sweetener

One of the oldest food traditions in America is tapping trees for sap and boiling it down for the prized natural sweetener, maple syrup.
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Cooking Ramps Streamside in West Virginia

In West Virginia, we harvested wild ramps with a local forager, angler and chef, who showed us where ramps tend to grow, how he harvests them sustainably, and how he loves to cook them out in the wild over a fire.
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