PROVES THAT SHE IS A NATURAL AT TOURING AND TASTING HER WAY THROUGH TOWN.
ERIKA: 75 MILES FROM BOSTON, THE VILLAGE OF WOODS HOLE IS OFTEN A STOP FOR VISITORS OF MARTHA’S VILLAGE CATCHING THE FERRY, BUT IT WARRANTS A STAY.
PIE IN THE S BAKERY HAS SWEETENED ARRIVALS FOR 30 YEARS.
OVERSEEING THE OVENS FOR 17.
>> WE MAKE IT FROM SCRATCH BY HAND HERE.
ERIKA: P IS ALSO KNOWN FOR WELCOMING GUESTS TO POP OVER ANYTIME.
>> WE ARE OPEN ALMOST AROUND-THE-CLOCK.
ERIKA: THEY FIGURED SINCE THEY WERE BAKING, WHY NOT?
THAT WARM WELCOME WORKS.
MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE ARE SERVED HERE IN A BUSY DAY.
OVER TIME THAT DEMAND MEANT A TOTAL REBUILD WAS REQUIRED.
>> FOLKS WERE COMING HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND WE DID NOT WANT TO MESS WITH THEIR MEMORIES.
I WANTED TO HAVE THE SAME FEEL, SAME MENU, SAME FURNITURE.
ERIK THIS VILLAGE IS HOME TO HUNDREDS OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.
RESEARCH VESSELS AND SMALL ROBOTS, PART OF THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC ORGANIZATION.
IF YOU WANT TO STUDY THE OCEAN, THIS IS CREAM OF THE CROP.
ERIK TEAM TURTLE CAMP.
USING UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES TO STUDY ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES IS A HOST OF GLOBAL PROJECTS THEY HAVE TAKEN ON.
THERE IS TRULY NO PLACE THEY DO NOT GO.
THE ARCTIC, GREENLAND, ALASKA.
WE HAVE VEHICLES THE GO DOWN TO 600 METERS.
WE FIND AIRPLANES.
ERIK SUMMER TOUR’S AD FOR A GLIMPSE OF THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK.
>> IN THE SUMMERTIME WE GET AN INSIDE AROUND THE DOCK.
YOU SEE EQUIPMENT TESTED.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY WORKING IN THE LABS.
ERIKA: AT THE OCEAN SCIENCE EXHIBIT CENTER, A SPLASH LAB SETUP FOR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE INSIDE A DEEP OCEAN RESEARCH SUBMERSIBLE OR LEARN ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF
THE TITANIC.
MORE FAMILY FUN CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE SHINING SEA BIKE PATH.
IT IS AN HONOR OF CATHERINE LEE BATES, WHO WAS BORN HERE IN FALMOUTH.
SHE WROTE "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL," THE LO -- LINE "FROM SEA TO SHINI SEA." SHE OPENED THE WOODS HOL INN A FEW YEARS AGO.
ALSO OWNS THE TAQUERIA AND TAVERN.
ERIK THIS IS THE NEXT PASSAGE ABOUT SEVEN MILES THAT WAY.
LOCAL FISHERMEN USE IT AS ONE OF THE BEST FISHING HOLES AROUND.
CHEF NATHANIEL SOMERTO CHANGES HIS MENU BASED ON THE LOCAL CATS.
THEY ALSO HAVE CHEESE AND CHARCUTERIE.
PI CANDY, BACON IN -- PIG BELLY AND MOLASSES AND BROWN SUGAR.
IT IS BASICALLY LIKE EATING CANDY.
ERIKA: HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PREPARE ME TWO VEGETARIAN DISHES.
THESE ARE HIS CAULIFLOWER FRITTERS.
ALSO CRISPY BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH PARMESAN CHEESE.
>> WOODS HOLE IS BECOMING AN INTERESTING FOODIE DESTINATION.
ERIK ROOSTER CAME TO THIS TOWN FROM TEXAS.
>> I CAME TO BE A STUDENT AT WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC AND M.I.T..
ERIKA: IN HIS RETIREMENT HE STARTED A LITTLE BUSINESS CALLED NOBSKA FARMS.
MY SON BROUGHT HOME HOT SAUCE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE STARTED TASTING IT.
WE FOUND OUT THE HOTTEST CHILLY PEPPER WAS SOMETHING CALLED THE GHOST PEPPER, WHICH WE LOCATED FROM INDIA.
I SAID, I BET I CAN GROW THAT.
ERIK BOY, COULD HE.
HE HAD MORE CHILLY PEPPERS -- CHILI PEPPE THAN HE KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH.
OVER 100 RAT -- VARIETIES FROM MILD TO WILD ON THIS MICROFORMAT HIS HOUSE.
NOBSKA FARMS USES THEM IN EVERYTHING FROM HOT SAUCE TO JELLIES AND EVEN CHOCOLATES.
YES, THEY CONTAIN THE WORLD’S HOTTEST PEPPER, WHICH IS NO LONGER THE GHOST PEPPER.
>> THE NEW HOTTEST IS THE CAROLINA REAPER.
ERIKA: TWICE AS HOT AS THE GHOST.
DO PEOPLE CRY?
>> YES.
ERIK ROOSTER PROMISED NO TEARS.
HE SAYS THE SALSA IS MEDIUM.
THE ROCKET FUEL HAD MORE FIRE.
>> FIRST YOU GET THE FLAVOR.
THERE IT IS.
TAKE SOME OF THIS.
ERIKA: PAIR THE CHOCOLATES MADE WITH PIE IN THE SKY BAKER WITH COFFEE OR RED WINE.
IT IS SELF-LIMITING.
ERIKA: ROOSTER’S KNOWLEDGE IS SEEMINGLY AND LISTEN HE IS HAPPY TO HOST TOWARDS AND SHARE TECHNIQUES.
>> WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW COULD I DO THIS IN MYYARD?
ERIKA: BEFORE LEAVING WOODS HOLE, MAY BE STOP FOR A MEMENTO.
A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST JOYCE STRETTON LIVES UNDER THE SUN A SHOP SHE OPENED IN 1974.
>> A CONSIGNMENT ARTS AND CRAFTS STORE.
ARTISTS WERE BRINGING THEIR WORK IN AND IT WAS FILLING UP.
I THOUGHT, I HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN IN HERE.
ERIKA: INCLUDING JOYCE’S STAINED-GLASS, HANDMADE JELLYFISH AND MORE.
MEANTIME AS THE SUN SETS, EVERYTHING TAKES ON NEW BEAUTY.
FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE WE SPOT A REMINDER THERE ARE DESTINATIONS BEYOND, BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH OUT OF WOODS HOLE, WHERE THERE IS CLEARLY SO MUCH TO TAKE IN.
SHAYNA: BACK TO PIE IN THE SKY.
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS IT IS SO POPULAR THERE IS ALWAYS A LINE OUT THE DOOR.
NOW THEIR ONLINE AS WELL.
FOLKS CAN ORDER COFFEE, T-SHIRTS AND MORE.
THEY SHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.