Episode
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Funky Fresh
Overview
Guy Fieri's fillin' up on fresh-and-funky flavors. It's a passport to Italy in Chicago, with scratch-made pasta in the front window and serving out-of-bounds burrata tortelli and indulgent duck pappardelle. Then, a Missoula, Mont., husband-and-wife team is getting creative between the bread with the-bomb banh mi smash burger and buttermilk-brined fried chicken with sweet-and-spicy smoke. Plus, a pair of brothers is going farm-to-table in Tallahassee, Fla., platin' up Southern classics like craveable crab cakes, corn fritters, catfish and collards.
Details
- Series
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
- Season
- Season 50
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2024-12-27
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Funky Fresh is Episode 12 in Season 50 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. It aired on 2024-12-27. The runtime is 21 min.
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