Episode
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Hometown Inspiration
Overview
Guy Fieri meets chefs putting their roots into their menus, like a Utah joint serving Louisiana specialties including blackened chicken pasta. He also finds vegan Israeli flavors in Portland, OR, and Detroit-style pizza in Denver.
Details
- Series
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Season
- Season 35
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2020-04-17
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Hometown Inspiration is Episode 7 in Season 35 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. It aired on 2020-04-17. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 6: Triple D Nation: Italian Inspired
Guy Fieri gets in touch with his Italian roots as he pops into a Baltimore market where the arancini and eggplant lasagna are both off-the-hook. Then, in Park City, Utah, the apres-ski crowd is clamoring for this seafood cioppino.
Episode 8: Takeout: Flavortown Comes Home
With restaurant takeout and delivery at an all-time high, on this trip, Guy Fieri is hosting a virtual Triple-D family reunion and bringing Flavortown to his own kitchen. Guy checks in with four DDD alums via video chat. All the chefs have sent Guy ingredients for their newest signature dishes, and they guide him through four knockout recipes so he can taste the out-of-bounds flavors. For this menu, Guy is cooking up chicken tamales from Arizona, Alabama paella fritters, European dumplings outta Vegas and a Kansas City burnt-end Philly cheesesteak.
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Episode 5: From Beef to Bao
Bun Daddy (Juneau, Alaska) • il porcellino salumi (Denver, Colo.) • Sabores International Cuisine (Logan, Utah)
This trip, Guy's diggin' into dishes from buns to cured meats to funky burgers. In Juneau, a husband and wife duo makin' funky bao in their tiny trailer. In Denver, an artisanal charcuterie emporium curin' and dryin' dozens of salumi for their killer deli sandwiches. And in Utah, an international success story servin' up flavors from around the world - includin' a funky peanut butter burger.
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Episode 4: Triple D Nation: Savory Seafood and Square Pie
Guy Fieri's thinking outside the box. He and his son, Hunter, check on an Italian spot in Boston dishing out double portions of their authentic eats, and a Baltimore pizza joint is serving up not-your-average-shaped pies.
Episode 10: Takeout: Tastier at Home
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Episode 3: Down-Home Flavor
Florence's Restaurant (Oklahoma City, Okla.) • The Pie Dump (Garland, Utah) • Just Be Kitchen (Denver, Colo.)
Guy Fieri hits the road and digs into some down-home cooking. In OKC, it's the country-cookin' joint fryin' up pork ribs and crankin' out yam-fried chicken. In Utah, an almost hundred-year-old Garland institution servin' up legendary breads, sammies, and sweet treats. And a Denver joint puttin' a healthy, paleo spin on classic comfort food dishes.
Episode 11: Takeout: Dinner and Dessert That Delivers
Guy Fieri and his son, Hunter, video chat with four DDD alums to cook some off-the-hook recipes at home. On the menu are Boston pasta, real-deal New York Neapolitan pie, mole enchiladas from Cleveland and an apple-pie funnel cake from Orlando for dessert.
Episode 2: Triple D Nation: From Near to Far
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Episode 12: Takeout: Funky Finds in 'da House
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Episode 1: Mom and Dad
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Episode 13: Takeout: Cross-Country Delivery
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