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How'd That Get on My Plate?

How'd That Get on My Plate? explores how cutting-edge technology can take simple raw ingredients and transform them into your favorite foods. Watch as milk, strawberries, corn, honey and potatoes take remarkable journeys, converting into string cheese, strawberry margarita mix, blue tortilla chips, honey-roasted peanuts and even vodka! Hosted by Sunny Anderson of Cooking for Real, How'd That Get on My Plate? gives food lovers an inside look at the methods used to plant, nurture, harvest, transport, heat, cool, slice, dice, mix, package and otherwise process raw ingredients into the foods you eat.

The Latest

Space-Age Strawberries

Honey Production Process

Sunny Anderson Learns How String Cheese Is Made

Milk

Serendipity 3

About The Show

How'd That Get on My Plate? explores how cutting-edge technology can take simple raw ingredients and transform them into your favorite foods. Watch as milk, strawberries, corn, honey and potatoes take remarkable journeys, converting into string cheese, strawberry margarita mix, blue tortilla chips, honey-roasted peanuts and even vodka! Hosted by Sunny Anderson of Cooking for Real, How'd That Get on My Plate? gives food lovers an inside look at the methods used to plant, nurture, harvest, transport, heat, cool, slice, dice, mix, package and otherwise process raw ingredients into the foods you eat.

About the Host

Sunny Anderson

Food Network Chef

Sunny has been a Food Network staple for over 20 years, serving as a co-host on The Kitchen, a team captain on BBQ Brawl and a judge countless cooking competition shows.

Episodes

S1 | E1

Strawberries

Sunny Anderson follows strawberries from a California farm to an ice cream maker in Colorado, a strawberry margarita mix in Davenport, Fl., strawberry spread in Lawton, Mich., and strawberry nougat-filled candies at Hammonds candies.
S1 | E2

Milk

Sunny Anderson learns how cow's milk is transformed into mint chocolate chip ice cream in Modesto, Ca., string cheese in Wisconsin and chocolate in Chicago.
S1 | E3

Eggs

Sunny Anderson visits a farm to see the latest technology used to collect, grade and package eggs. She sees eggs transformed into donuts at LaMars in Broomfield, Colo., Fatboy's Cookie Dough in Fairlawn, N.J. and Miss Meringue in
San Marcos, Calif.
S1 | E4

Cocoa

Sunny Anderson travels to Hawaii to visit one of the few cocoa farms in the U.S. She then follows the beans on their journey to a Guittard Chocolate in Burlingame, Calif., and hot cocoa at Serendipity 3 in NYC.
S1 | E5

Honey

Sunny Anderson visits Hawaii to help bee keepers with their honey harvest. She then learns how honey is used to make roasted peanuts in Henderson, N.C, Honey bbq sauce in Atlanta and cream soda in Glendale, Wis.
S1 | E6

Tomato

Join host Sunny Anderson as she explores the journey tomatoes take from the farm to the products we all know and love. Find out why tomatoes are harvested green and then see how they ripen up and are made into paste.

Then, discover how drying tomatoes isn't as easy as you may think it is and see the unique way pasta sauce is cooked up. Plus, take a look into the tomato's future as we visit a laboratory devoted to creating better, more sustainable seeds.

S1 | E7

Cherries

Host Sunny Anderson follows the cherry from the tree and into some of our favorite products. Watch as cherries get picked and then put into pies. And find out how the cherry gets from the orchard and into an energy drink. Plus, discover how cherries turn into maraschinos and the process behind going from plump and juicy to dried.
S1 | E8

Garlic

Sunny Anderson travels to Gilroy, Calif., the self-proclaimed "Garlic Capitol of the World" to see how garlic is harvested, peeled, roasted, frozen and dehydrated. With visits to the Christopher Ranch, Gilroy Foods and Hot Mama's Foods
S1 | E9

Potatoes

Sunny Anderson visits a potato farm near Pasco, Wash. as the potato harvest is getting underway. She then follows the spuds to Reser's Fine Foods in Beaverton, Ore., Cape Cod Chips in Hyannis, Ma. and Distilled Resources in Rigby, Idaho, that turns potatoes into vodka!
S1 | E10

Corn

Sunny visits Sakata Farms in Brighton, Colo. to help with the harvest of sweet corn. She also visits Raquelita's Corn Tortillas in Denver to make tortillas and corn chips.
S1 | E11

Wheat

Sunny visits Sheffels Wheat Farm in Wilbur Washington at the height of the wheat harvest and Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado to brew up a batch of wheat beer.
S1 | E12

Apples

Host Sunny Anderson explores the technology involved as the apple travels from the orchard into familiar products. After harvesting apples from the tree, discover a state-of-the-art process for keeping sliced, bagged apples from turning brown. Then, apples are juiced into cider, smashed into applesauce and dried into chips.
S1 | E13

Jalapeno


Sunny Anderson explores the pepper picking process. Then, learn how jalapenos are sliced and jarred, stuffed into poppers, put into hot sauce and become the pepper in pepper jack cheese.