SOMEWHERE SOUTH with Vivian Howard Airs March 27 on PBS

Celebrity chef, author and restaurateur Vivian Howard, who previously hosted the award-winning series A CHEF'S LIFE, returns to PBS in a new six-part series, SOMEWHERE SOUTH. A culinary tour exploring the dishes that are uniting cultures and creating new traditions across the American South, SOMEWHERE SOUTH premieres Fridays, March 27-May 1 on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.

With SOMEWHERE SOUTH, Howard serves as both student and guide, exploring cross-cultural dishes through the professional and personal relationships she has with Southerners of many backgrounds. Each episode examines the connectivity of a single dish - from dumplings to hand pies, porridge and more - and the ways people of different cultures interpret that dish while expressing the complex values, identities and histories that make up the region. Along the way, she meets new friends and teachers, and discovers "how breaking bread and sharing a meal can create a comfortable place to have meaningful, memorable conversations."

SOMEWHERE SOUTH is produced for PBS by Markay Media in association with member stations South Carolina ETV and UNC-TV Public Media North Carolina, with support from the ETV Endowment of South Carolina. The series has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. SOMEWHERE SOUTH is created by Vivian Howard and Cynthia Hill with Howard also serving as a producer and Hill as the series director. Pamela A. Aguilar serves as the Executive in Charge for PBS.