Episode list

Who gets to cook Black food? That's a complicated question. Caroline travels to her hometown of Nashville Tennessee to learn the rich history of her hometown's culinary calling card... Hot Chicken. Hot Chicken's origins are not part of some long forgotten fable. Its legacy is known and the dish can be traced back to one family. But why are the originators of this dish struggling to grow their business while new White owned Hot Chicken empires dominate the market?

Everyone has a sweet tooth, but there is one central ingredient inside our guilty pleasures that keeps us coming back for more... Sugar. Caroline travels to Sugarland Texas to learn about the complicated history of sugar - from slavery, to convict leasing, to how it affects our bodies. Hope, however, can be found in Philadelphia PA. There, a group of bad ass beekeepers are changing the way their community thinks about sweet treats.

Jack Daniel's is an iconic whiskey brand beloved around the world. But do you know the name of the person responsible for creating the distinctive flavor of this legendary liquor? At the Jack Daniel's distillery in Lynchburg TN, Caroline meets a historian who sheds light on the life of Nathan "Nearest" Green, a Black whiskey distiller whose central role in creating the signature taste of Tennessee Whiskey was lost for decades. Caroline also visits an entrepreneur who has made it her mission to build a new whiskey empire to honor this hidden figure.

In the 1920's, there were almost one million Black farmers in America. Today there are fewer than fifty thousand. How the Black Farmer became systematically marginalized and the impact on quality foods in Black community is a compelling story. Caroline travels from Virginia to meet the head of the National Black Farmers Association, before connecting with smaller scale urban farmers in Oakland. Finally Caroline seeks out community leaders in New York City who are ensuring their community has access to fresh fruits and vegetables.