Searching for Soul Food
★ 6 · 2023 · Documentary · Reality
Follow rock star celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds as she discovers what soul food looks like around the world. As she seeks out the food, she also explores the stories, the people, and the traditions of each place she visits, bringing her own flavor right along with her.
Episodes
1. MississippiChef Alisa Reynolds, French-trained with a soul food foundation, returns to the roots of the soul food story with a journey to Mississippi to uncover the origins and legacy of this American cuisine.
2. OklahomaChef Alisa heads to Oklahoma to meet and eat with Native Americans who are reconnecting to their heritage by restoring and reclaiming their food.
3. AppalachiaChef Alisa heads for the hills to uncover the heart and humanity beneath the stereotypes and behind the food of people in Appalachia.
4. South AfricaIn her first ever trip to The Motherland, Chef Alisa cooks and eats her way through Cape Town, South Africa, a city with a complex culture of food formed by an even more complicated history.
5. ItalyChef Alisa experiences the passion of Neapolitans for the dish perfected by its poorest people, that became of the most beloved comfort foods in the world.
6. JamaicaIn Jamaica’s Portland parish, Chef leaves the beaches for higher ground to uncover the little-known story of resistance behind one of Jamaica’s most iconic foods.
7. PeruChef Alisa dives into the diverse cultures that combined their culinary traditions with the natural bounty of Peru to elevate Lima into one of the culinary capitals of the world.
8. Los AngelesShe’s been around the world and back again, and now Chef Alisa is seeing her own city with new eyes as she returns to the roots of LA food culture to find the source of its soul.More Like This
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