TV Series
★7.9(8 votes)
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“Food is never just food.”
Documentary
From Peruvian salt flats to Rwandan coffee forests, explore and celebrate the ingredients that built societies, shaped beliefs, and forever altered the tapestry of humanity.
Episodes & Seasons
Browse episodes by season for this series.
Season 1
8 EpisodesEach episode of this documentary series celebrates the cultivation, transformation and consumption of eight of the world's most essential ingredients, including bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage.
EP 01
01.Chile
51m★ 7
2024-07-18
01.Chile
51m★ 7
Aired 2024-07-18
Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
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EP 02
02.Tuna
42m★ 7
2024-07-18
02.Tuna
42m★ 7
Aired 2024-07-18
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.
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EP 03
03.Salt
36m
2024-07-18
03.Salt
36m
Aired 2024-07-18
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
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EP 04
04.Banana
38m
2024-07-18
04.Banana
38m
Aired 2024-07-18
There are over 1,500 varieties of bananas, and yet most of us have only tasted one. Why? And what do we lose when a single banana wins out?
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EP 05
05.Pig
45m
2024-07-18
05.Pig
45m
Aired 2024-07-18
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
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EP 06
06.Rice
38m
2024-07-18
06.Rice
38m
Aired 2024-07-18
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
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EP 07
07.Coffee
36m
2024-07-18
07.Coffee
36m
Aired 2024-07-18
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
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EP 08
08.Corn
42m
2024-07-18
08.Corn
42m
Aired 2024-07-18
No longer just a plant, corn is a building block of modern society. But what does its domination mean for the future of food—and for us?
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