Join Capri in North Dakota which leads the nation in honey production. Capri visits an apiary to learn about beekeeping practices and the importance of migratory beekeeping to agriculture across the country. Capri learns how pollinator plants express themselves in single-source honey extractions, and also sees the various uses of the beeswax byproduct. Capri discovers the art of mead making and tastes a variety of wines made with honey and then travels to North Dakota's state capital to learn how to make a traditional Russian Honey Cake.
Capri travels to Rockland to experience the annual Maine Lobster Festival and then heads out on the water to catch lobster with a woman who has been in the sustainable lobster business most of her life. Capri gets to enjoy the freshly caught crustations at a traditional family lobster bake and will taste Togolese dishes made with lobster including West African Jollof Rice and Cioppino.
Capri visits Michigan to get a sweet, and tart taste of what makes Traverse City, and its surrounding areas, the "cherry capital of the world". Capri meets the families behind King Orchards to learn about how cherries are harvested and how they can be used to maximize their natural health benefits. Then, Capri helps prepare Supa de Visine, a traditional Romanian cold cherry soup with Romanian immigrant and chef Rodica Petrusan. No trip to the region is complete with out enjoying the fun of the National Cherry Festival and a visit to Cherry Republic to taste a variety of their cherry-based specialties.
Capri visits the Upstate New York town of Naples to take in their Grape Festival and learn why the Concord grape is so celebrated in the region. Capri will help who make the iconic Concord Grape Pie inspired by the original recipe and taste concord grape wine all right at the festival grounds. Then its off to the Finger Lakes wine region to experience how the area's terroir impacts the grapes grown and the wine that is produced. Capri spends time with a Syrian-American family who share their recipe for yalenji, grape leaves stuffed with vegetables.
Salmon is synonymous with the Pacific Northwest. And, there's no better place to catch and enjoy the iconic fish than Washington State. Capri embarks on the Skagit River with a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, a people who have lived off the seasonal salmon runs for thousands of years. Capri learns basics of drift net fishing, and then the day's catch will be roasted and distributed amongst tribal members. Then, Capri tastes a Japanese dish of freshly made buckwheat soba noodles with salmon roe and will also visit Seattle's Pike Place Market where Capri enjoys sinigang, a traditional Filipino soup, made with salmon collars purchased from the fish market next door as well as a seasonal delicacy: fried chinook salmon collar.
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