Episode 1 | Mashama Bailey

Mashama Bailey returns to Georgia, her place of birth, to open a new restaurant drawing on the knowledge and culinary history of the Southern African American chefs who came before her.

Episode 2 | Dario Cecchini

Aspiring veterinarian Dario Ceccini returns to save his family's butchery business and becomes the world's most famous butcher.

Episode 3 | Asma Khan

Asma Khan abandons a career in British constitutional law to return to India to extract the secret recipes of her family's Royal Muglai roots.

Episode 4 | Sean Brock

Sean Brock, who has devoted his career to preserving southern food crops and culinary traditions, is finally forced to reckon with personal demons that threaten his life