At a New York dinner party hosted in her honor, chef Vivian serves up a gift of NC seasoning meats - the pig tails, ham hocks, and fatback that give Carolina cuisine its quintessential kick. While in the Big Apple, a visit with her publisher reveals an itinerary certain to make for an ambitious autumn.

For five seasons, A Chef's Life has offered its viewers a genuine look at real farm to table, Southern cooking. Chef Vivian Howard and her husband Ben Knight left the city to explore the Southern culture and delicacies in Eastern North Carolina. Every episode is filled with the joys and stresses of life as a chef one ingredient at a time.