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Strip Malls

Season 5 Episode 5 | 23m 16s

Trois Mec and Petit Trois can be found side-by-side in a Hollywood strip mall, nestled between a dry cleaners and a Yum Yum donut. Ludo’s restaurants and the dishes he creates for them embody the cultural mash-up and high/low flair that is the strip mall philosophy.

Aired: 10/26/16
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Spend some time cooking with the greatest culinary minds in the world.
Fall in love again with the best egg dishes from the Mind of a Chef archives.
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