Deen, host of the Food Network's 'Paula Deen's Home Cooking,' shares where she came from, how she transformed herself into a household name, and her plans for the future. She talks candidly about her struggle with agoraphobia and a difficult marriage, how she turned her life around through hard work, and created a life for herself and her children through her popular restaurant in Georgia.

Premiering on PBS, Vivian travels the changing South in search of the dishes that connect all, dumplings, hand pies, porridge and more, but which are expressed in delightfully different ways across cultures. Along the way, she meets new friends and teachers, and as she says, she discovers how breaking bread and sharing a meal can create a comfortable place to have meaningful, memorable conversations.