Dead Set on Life

The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.

It's not surprising that Bobby Flay and his daughter, Sophie Flay, share a love for food. Together, they tackle one location at a time, experiencing each other's favorite places to eat classic dishes.

Every country town in Australia has a Chinese restaurant and comedian and food enthusiast Jennifer Wong is on a mission to meet the people behind the wok, to find out what makes their food both Australian and Chinese.

Dig into the best pizzas from around the world, prepared by renowned chefs who bake passion, creativity and hard work into every slice.

Join Amy Thielen, native Midwesterner, chef and connoisseur of all things authentically Midwestern, in her charming cabin kitchen as she cooks some of the heartland’s most-delicious and often-surprising dishes. She will also take us to meet the locals at their rural homes or restaurants, lakeside kitchens and working farms.

Nancy Fuller prepares recipes made with farm-fresh ingredients.

Jacques Pépin brings you his final series, with over 100 recipes. The culinary icon shares memories and wisdom from a half a century in the kitchen with passion, humor, and dearest friends and family along the way.

Dare to venture forth with celebrity chef Chuck Hughes on his flavour-filled travels hot on the trail of some of the world’s most exotic ingredients from which he concocts, with his own inimitable flare, dishes typical of their native regions.