In Episode 5 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain visits the Yurok Tribe along California’s North Coast to harvest Pacific eel, learn traditional techniques, and celebrate river restoration through a joyful community feast.

In Episode 4 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain travels to the Finger Lakes to cook alongside Onondaga elders, learn from seed keeper Angela Ferguson, and prepare a ten course feast honoring ancient Indigenous foodways and resilience.

In Episode 3 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain journeys to Hydaburg, Alaska to fish Pacific halibut with the Haida people, cook in a traditional longhouse, and serve a meaningful feast honoring elders, culture, and ancestral foodways.