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The Mind of a Chef
Sea/Salt
Season 2
Episode 10
This episode focuses on April’s love of the sea, fully realized at her John Dory Oyster Bar. April goes to Riverhead, New York, with her friend Chef Anita Lo. The two chefs go clamming and make clam chowder. In the kitchen, April makes carte da musica with bottarga and chili and travels to Oregon to visit her favorite salt purveyor, Ben Jacobsen. Harold McGee breaks down salt.
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