Best-selling author and chef Deborah VanTrece introduces viewers to "global soul food," a style of cooking that combines traditional Southern American soul food with different international influences to create something both familiar and new.
Chef Deborah VanTrece brings a Southern twist to a traditional Dutch Baby by adding bacon, lettuce, and tomato to the Dutch Baby "pancake" and serves it alongside a colorful asparagus, pea, and radish salad.
Chef Deborah VanTrece combines the flavors of Morocco, Tunisia, and Louisiana by making savory cheddar cheese grits topped with "eggs in purgatory," a dish made with spicy tomato sauce, similar to and inspired by Shakshuka.
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a southern-style Fried Chicken Monte Cristo served with a cranberry sauce, inspired by and similar to a Croque Monsieur, a delicious warm French ham and cheese sandwich.
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a smothered chicken gizzard poutine, which mixes traditional, Southern fried chicken gizzards with French-Canadian fries, gravy, and cheese curds for a decadent global meal.
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a classic German dish of smothered chicken meatballs and Spaetzle inspired by the traditional Southern meal of chicken and dumplings.
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a soulful Southern twist on Steak Diane, a pan-fried beef steak, by adding Cajun spices to the marinade and serving it with Foie Gras and Creole dirty rice.
Chef Deborah VanTrece cooks a dish inspired by American meatloaf, blending the recipe with an English-style Wellington. She adds a Southern favorite, sorghum mustard, and prepares smothered potatoes to bring this global meal together.
Chef Deborah VanTrece makes Country Captain Chicken Stew, a flavorful Southern dish with an Indian influence made with bone-in chicken, curry, tomatoes, and coconut milk and served over rice noodles and toasted peanuts.
Chef Deborah VanTrece blends flavors from Latin and South America, adding her southern charm to create Encocado Shrimp with Poblano Stuffed Grits, also known as Latin Shrimp and Grits.
