Chef Lynn calls limes the underdog of the citrus family because they are relegated to very few dishes in North American cuisine. In the orchards she visits, many varieties of lime are grown, some she’s never tasted, and her imagination goes wild for all the great dishes she can prepare with them.
Cloudberries or Bake Apples, as they are called in Newfoundland, can fetch up to $60 a gallon, because they are so rare and so tasty. But Chef Lynn has to battle her fear of heights to gather enough of them for a meal that celebrates the local tradition of living off the land.
Squid fishing is highly competitive and the people who do it are hard core. But that doesn’t stop the intrepid Chef Lynn. Battling the cold and the darkness, Lynn goes out for an all-night adventure.
The plumpest and richest pecans in the world can be found in north central Texas, and it’s there that Chef Lynn finds a family farm that’s producing the tastiest nuts she’s ever had.
