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Pimp My Grits

Season 1 Episode 3 | 24m 40s

The restaurant gears up for a practice service where the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time — but nothing is going as planned. One of the big changes to the restaurant’s menus is the addition of a section called “Pimp My Grits,” where Vivian exalts the lowly, quintessentially Southern ingredient in four distinct ways.

Aired: 09/29/13
Pimp My Grits
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