Arts and Entertainment

Meet people who are changing the way we eat here in Arizona in this collection of highlights from the Emmy Award-winning Arizona PBS series. Mark Tarbell joins chefs in the kitchen, interview restaurant owners, chat with bartenders and celebrate our local food scene.

Our small but mighty production team keep a close eye on the local food scene. When the 2020 James Beard Award nominees were announced last week, 22 chefs and restaurants from Arizona were on the list. Of those, 17 have been featured on Arizona PBS.

With her distinctive voice and infectious passion for French cuisine, Julia Child demystified classic dishes and empowered and inspired millions of home cooks and professional chefs.

More than 50 years after its debut, “The French Chef” remains important television. That’s why today’s most popular chefs, celebrities and Julia devotees have joined PBS to share personal insights and engage in light-hearted conversations as they screen — and delight in — Julia’s most-beloved episodes.

Chef Vivian Howard of “A Chef’s Life” travels the changing South in search of the dishes that connect us all – dumplings, hand pies, porridge and more – but which are expressed in delightfully different ways across cultures.

Each week, Chef Mark Tarbell visits with local restaurateurs and bartenders, and he joins chefs as they show off their expertise. Experience the science and artistry behind some of the region’s most innovative and popular dishes as Tarbell sets out to explore recent developments and trends in the Arizona culinary scene. 

Join Emmy and James Beard Award-winning chef Lidia Bastianich as she travels America to meet people mastering the art of meat curing, coopering, jam-making, cider-making and more and finds out what inspires and fuels them.

This winter, the popular series “A Chef’s Life” invites viewers on a journey to discover and rediscover holiday traditions. Chef Vivian Howard hosts a holiday to remember at her home in Eastern North Carolina as she creates a Southern feast steeped in her family’s Christmas and Chanukah traditions.

To celebrate 20 years of the most-watched cooking show on public television, “America’s Test Kitchen” fans around the country voted for their all-time favorite recipes from the series. The results are presented now as Bridget Lancaster, Julia Collin Davison and their fellow cast members count down the series’ 20 most popular recipes and look back on the show’s best moments.

Join Chef Marcus Samuelsson to explore six different American cities, visiting with both professional chefs and home cooks, for an in-depth look at the rich diversity of immigrant traditions and cuisines woven into American food and culture.