Vivian Howard
Chef and cookbook author
Vivian Howard is the chef and owner of the acclaimed Chef and the Farmer restaurant in Kinston, North Carolina, fifteen miles from her home of Deep Run. She trained under Wylie Dufresne and Sam Mason at WD-50 and was a member of the opening team at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market in New York. The first woman since Julia Child to win a Peabody Award for a cooking program, she co-created and stars in the PBS series A Chef’s Life.
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Does Not Disappoint Breakfast Casserole
Pickled tomatoes brighten up this classic breakfast casserole.
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Make-Ahead Blintzed Breakfast Bake
French toast meets bread pudding and cheese blintz with whispers of Danish in this breakfast bake from Vivian Howard.
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Sweet Potential
Almost anything—apples, pears, berries, watermelon—can be used in these fruit preserves from Vivian Howard.
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R-Rated Onions
It takes the better part of an hour to coax an onion's sugars from blonde to nutty brown. Make a big batch of caramelized onions once and save them to pull out when you want all that complex flavor without having spent all that time.
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Salted Buttered Pecans with Orange and Nutmeg
The orange zest and nutmeg say holiday, but you can switch up the spices as long as you keep the butter and salt.